| Caption | "The Inuit of Arctic America used all the natural resources that were available to them, particularly animals, such as seal, caribou, walrus and whales, and they processed their skins, bones, tendons and even intestines into food, clothing, and equipment. They had a number of scrapers and knives developed to help in this work, for scraping and cutting skins and processing tendons. This is a scraper, or 'tesirqun', made on part of a large bone. The flat, slightly curved piece has been used to give a wide scraping edge at the end, which has been sharpened. The handle is hooked to give the fingers a good grip. The scraper would have been used for scraping the hides of seal, caribou and other prey animals, before they were sewn into clothing and equipment. This task took up a great deal of the women's time, and the men joined in this work as well. the scraper comes from Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Canada."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN
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