Knife

Museum number:
2-3929
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003929
Alternate number:
x-75 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small stone knife, fragmentary, probably part of an ulu. Green nephrite. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened from both sides.
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
Object class:
Chipped-stone crescents and Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-4024
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3929, described as Small stone knife, fragmentary, probably part of an ulu. Green nephrite. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened from both sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3929, described as Small stone knife, fragmentary, probably part of an ulu. Green nephrite. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened from both sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3929, described as Small stone knife, fragmentary, probably part of an ulu. Green nephrite. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened from both sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3929, described as Small stone knife, fragmentary, probably part of an ulu. Green nephrite. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened from both sides.

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