Knife

Museum number:
2-3933
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-79 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fish knife drilled hole for handle (ulu blade); ground slate. Hole for attaching the handle was drilled from both sides (conical). Rounded cutting edge, sharpened from both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 16.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3933, described as Fish knife drilled hole for handle (ulu blade); ground slate. Hole for attaching the handle was drilled from both sides (conical). Rounded cutting edge, sharpened from both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3933, described as Fish knife drilled hole for handle (ulu blade); ground slate. Hole for attaching the handle was drilled from both sides (conical). Rounded cutting edge, sharpened from both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3933, described as Fish knife drilled hole for handle (ulu blade); ground slate. Hole for attaching the handle was drilled from both sides (conical). Rounded cutting edge, sharpened from both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3933, described as Fish knife drilled hole for handle (ulu blade); ground slate. Hole for attaching the handle was drilled from both sides (conical). Rounded cutting edge, sharpened from both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.

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