Knife or scraper model

Museum number:
2-1367
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001367
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Knife or skin scraper model, U-shaped groove underside of handle. Made of antler or horn.
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:
Knives (stone tools), Models (representations), and Scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-1367, described as Knife or skin scraper model, U-shaped groove underside of handle. Made of antler or horn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-1367, described as Knife or skin scraper model, U-shaped groove underside of handle. Made of antler or horn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife or scraper model, accession number 2-1367, described as Knife or skin scraper model, U-shaped groove underside of handle. Made of antler or horn.

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