Knife

Museum number:
2-2950
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Ancient knife of stone
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Barongs (swords)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
It is used by women for cutting up of whale or seal - such work being beneath the buck or husband.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters
Comment:
2-piece driftwood handle, baleen wrapper at one end copper wire (repair) at other end; stone or slate blade missing (1930s).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stoneHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stoneHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stone
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stoneDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stoneDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stoneDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-2950, described as Ancient knife of stone

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