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Scraper for tearing off pine bark. Saami

Title:

Scraper for tearing off pine bark

Ethnic groups:

Saami

Territory:

Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Okrug

Date:

Late 19th century

Material:

Bone

Number:

РЭМ 6794-87

Annotation:

Belongs to the set of tools for extraction and preparation of pine grits (see Nos. 6794-86, 445-2, 445-3). After the pine substitute ceased to be used for food, the scraper was used as a tool for removing birch bark. Abstract by A.A. Zankovskaya