Lot 430

Early Hafted Northern Plains Bone Scraper

Estimate: $500 - $700

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This is a hafted and knapped bone scraper from the Northern Plains with an early, antique age from the private ex-museum collection out of Eastern Montana. The piece is hafted using a rib bone, a groove is carved out of the bone and a knapped quartz knife scraper is inset into the top and held into place with sinew wrappings. The bone has several lines carved into the handle. The quartz knapped scraper has a purplish pink coloring to it. Provenance: From a private ex-museum collection from Eastern Montana. Measures overall 7-inches long by 1.25-inches wide.

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