On Friday, October 26, 2012 4:05:48 AM UTC-4, Rob H. wrote:


I don't think they are fishing lures, they were on display at an auction

in a glass case with some American Indian and Inuit items.



It appears they were made to scrape cups about an inch deep and .75 - 1.5

inches in diameter, with center holes in the bottom.



http://inuit.com/?p2=/modules/xgalleries/showgallery.jsp&curAlbId=73&curPicsPage=2



I think perhaps traditional Inuit lamps used candles of animal fat, which

is probably softer than our wax. These tools may have been to clean a

lamp so a new candle would fit.







These were not used as scrapers.

2697- I think I'm going to go with trap triggers