Letter opener
- Museum number:
- 11-41213
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110041213
- Accession number:
- Acc.2856
- Description:
- Steel-like metal, carved lava handle which depicts, according to accompanying sheet, Ku, the god of war; at the base of the handle is incised the word, "Hawaii".
- Donor:
- Gertrude F. Hess
- Collection place:
- Hawaiian Islands
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Hawaii
- Culture or time period:
- Hawaiian
- Collector:
- Gertrude F. Hess
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Letter openers
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- 1972
- Context of use:
- Gift. For tourists. See accession enelope for detailed "explanation".
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- width 2.6 centimeters and length 17.2 centimeters
- Images:
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