Knife

Museum number:
1-9477
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009477
Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Steel, flat, double edged, bisymmetrical; elk antler handle held in place with fiber.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 33.5 centimeters and width 3.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-9477, described as Steel, flat, double edged, bisymmetrical; elk antler handle held in place with fiber.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-9477, described as Steel, flat, double edged, bisymmetrical; elk antler handle held in place with fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-9477, described as Steel, flat, double edged, bisymmetrical; elk antler handle held in place with fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-9477, described as Steel, flat, double edged, bisymmetrical; elk antler handle held in place with fiber.

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