From Vallay, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
This bone scraper was found at Vallay on North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. It may have been used for skinning or dehairing a hide, sometime between 200 BC and 1000 AD.
Bone skinning or dehairing knife from Vallay, North Uist
The tools used for skinning, dismembering, filleting and carving carcasses were simple but efficient, often made from whatever natural resources were at hand.
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