Ice Scraper (Sermerstut)

This is an ice scraper made of bone. It has a curved handle with carved lines and notches. The handle is carefully shaped to fit comfortably in the hand. This tool is also listed as a kayak scraper. In Fine condition. Collected August, 1895.

Measurements

Length: 34.5 cm

Catalogue Number: E976

Knife

This is a household item used mainly by Inuit women.

Measurements

Length: 13 cm
Width: 9 cm

Catalogue Number: E3932

The materials pictured and described on this page are part of the L.L. Dyche Collection, Ethnographic Collections, at the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045 Tel. 785.864.4245. (http://www.anthro.ku.edu/home.html). The photographs on this page may be used by students and educators in education-related projects without additional permission as long as the statement above is included as a reference.

The museum maintains its own webpages related to this collection which can be viewed at: http://www.anthro.ku.edu/webcollections/index_3.htm, http://www.anthro.ku.edu/webcollections/index_4.htm and at http://www.anthro.ku.edu/Ethnogallery.html