Scoop

Scoop

Scoop: 10-1/2" wooden handle attached to a piece of horizontally cut caribou hoof. The center of the hoof is cleared out. Fine leather strips are attached to the hoof to form a net pattern. Leather strip is used to hold the handle to the piece of caribou hoof.
  • Object: Scoop
  • Artist: Unknown
  • Circa: Unknown
  • Dimensions: 16-1/2 x 4-7/8"
  • Culture Area: Arctic
  • Cultural Group: unidentified arctic or subarctic
  • Cultural Context: Was used to clear slush and ice from ice hole for seal hunting. Foley Bensin 8/99
  • Donor: Corine Bollinger
  • Catalog #: 98.006