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From Vallay, North Uist, Outer Hebrides
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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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- Online ID: 000-100-039-122-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland X.GT 150
- Date: Between 200 BC and 1000 AD
- Material: Bone
Knife, skinning / knife, dehairing - Dimensions: 13.13" x 1.50"
- What: Knife, skinning / knife, dehairing
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- Where: Scotland, Inverness-shire, North Uist, Vallay
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