Wooden handle, metal blade; handle carved in rings.
Donor:
R. W. Hanna
Collection place:
Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 inches
Comment:
Context of use: "Was originally donated as part of knife collection confiscated from Modoc Indians after War of 1878. Erroneously catalogued in Cat. 7. See acc. env. for complete information." fide Frank A. Norick, August 15, 1962.