- Name:
- Turtleback scraper
- Description:
Turtle back scraper from the Butterfield Collection. This bifacially worked stone tool exhibits a domed profile and steep working edges consistent with scraping and processing activities performed by Native Americans in southeastern Massachusetts.
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.769
- Prior Inventory Number:
- E-13
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Turtleback scraper
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 2.5 x 2 x .5
- Type/Materials:
- Argillite
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States