Flint End Scraper Replica, Stone Age Hide Tool

An elongated flint blade whose far end has been shaped into a rounded, steeply retouched scraping edge. Flake scars run along the sides and fine ridges fan around the working end, just as on real knapped scrapers. End scrapers are among the most common tools of the Upper Palaeolithic and later Stone Age periods. Microscopic wear on many of them shows they were used to scrape animal hides, cleaning and softening skins for clothing, shelters and bags. It makes a good hands-on object for lessons o…

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