Knife or scraper model

Museum number:
2-774
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Knife or scraper (model); U-shaped grooves edge of handle; suspension loop. Made of ivory.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knives (stone tools) and Scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-774, described as Knife or scraper (model); U-shaped grooves edge of handle; suspension loop. Made of ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-774, described as Knife or scraper (model); U-shaped grooves edge of handle; suspension loop. Made of ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-774, described as Knife or scraper (model); U-shaped grooves edge of handle; suspension loop. Made of ivory.

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