Knife
- Museum number:
- 2-6778
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006778
- Alternate number:
- x-2971 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Made of "fossil" ivory, surface worn. Probably archaeological.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Knives (stone tools)
- Function:
- 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Story (snow) knife. Children's toy used to make designs in snow, cut out snow animals.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 17 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-