Knife

Museum number:
2-4073
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of ivory. Incised L-shaped designs both faces, 4 lobes with cut-out centers on underside and handle end.
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:
ethnography
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 to make designs in snow, cut out snow animals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XCIV and p. 346.
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4073, described as Made of ivory. Incised L-shaped designs both faces, 4 lobes with cut-out centers on underside and handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4073, described as Made of ivory. Incised L-shaped designs both faces, 4 lobes with cut-out centers on underside and handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4073, described as Made of ivory. Incised L-shaped designs both faces, 4 lobes with cut-out centers on underside and handle end.

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