Knife

Museum number:
2-1346
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of "fossil" ivory. 4 circular lobes with cut-out centers at base of handle end. Probably archaeological.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
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 25.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XCIV and p. 346.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1346, described as Made of "fossil" ivory. 4 circular lobes with cut-out centers at base of handle end. Probably archaeological.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1346, described as Made of "fossil" ivory. 4 circular lobes with cut-out centers at base of handle end. Probably archaeological.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1346, described as Made of "fossil" ivory. 4 circular lobes with cut-out centers at base of handle end. Probably archaeological.

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