TWO SIOUX ELK ANTLER SCRAPERS
TWO SIOUX ELK ANTLER SCRAPERS

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TWO SIOUX ELK ANTLER SCRAPERS
each of classic hooked form, with flattened heads for attachment of iron blades, and with incised decoration along the cylindrical haft, the first, with linear and dotted bands; the second, with deeply incised dots and X motifs, alternating with dotted bands, two concentric circles and linear bands at the end; together with four iron blades of varying sizes, each wrapped in hide
Lengths: the first, 10 in. (25.3 cm.); the second, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.); the blades, ranging from 3 to 3½ in. (7.6 to 8.9 cm.) (6)

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