Knife

Museum number:
2-3029
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003029
Accession number:
Acc.106
Description:
Knife with conifer handle, curved iron blade, and jute wrapping. European-type tool for working leather and cutting linoleum. Per accession file was used for harvesting roots.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska;
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Materials:
Conifer (wood) and Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Linoleum knives
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3029, described as Knife with conifer handle, curved iron blade, and jute wrapping. European-type tool for working leather and cutting linoleum. Per accession file was used for harvesting roots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3029, described as Knife with conifer handle, curved iron blade, and jute wrapping. European-type tool for working leather and cutting linoleum. Per accession file was used for harvesting roots.

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