Crooked," long type. Long, curving whalebone handle has 3 finger grooves near base, 2 longitudinal grooves filled with red pigment with broken lines filled with red pigment in between, steel blade attached to handle with 3 brass rivets.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Northwestern Territories; Mackenzie River
Culture or time period:
Kook-Pugunoot
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
Whittling wood. According to Cushing: "almost the whole box of tools of the Mackenzie River Indians; was made and belonged to the chief of the tribe; the blade is shaped and tempered by him; the natives are very expert with this knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 50.8 centimeters
Comment:
Native name for the object: "chumen." References: see Cushing's notes.