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i Kari

human history
  • Other Name

    Scraper (English)

  • Description

    i Kari. Spatula implement. Carved and shaped from a curved section of turtle bone. Paddle shaped with a narrowed shorter lug used as a handle at one end. Sides and edges ground down. Dark brown in colour. Textured surface due to the natural porousness of the bone.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1914.15
  • Accession Date
    1916
  • Other Id

    12909 (ethnology)

  • Department
scraper, 12909, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 26… … Read more

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