sermersiut (kayak scraper)

unrecorded Kalaallit (Greenland Inuit) artist, artist

sermersiut (kayak scraper), 1800s

Where object was made: Greenland

Material/technique: incising; carving; bone

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 35 x 5 x 4 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 1 15/16 x 13 3/4 x 1 9/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Lewis Lindsay Dyche

Accession number: 2007.0582

Not on display

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"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
Until the beginning of extensive trade in the Arctic, wood and metal were extremely rare and only available through driftwood or naturally occurring metals. Because of this scarcity, most tools were made from animal materials like bone, ivory, or antler. In some cases, rare metal and wood were used to construct a small part of an object while the majority was made from more common materials.