Knife

Museum number:
2-1347
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
7 whale's flukes carved on base of handle. Made of ivory.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
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 25.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XCIV and p. 346.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1347, described as 7 whale's flukes carved on base of handle. Made of ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1347, described as 7 whale's flukes carved on base of handle. Made of ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-1347, described as 7 whale's flukes carved on base of handle. Made of ivory.

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