Whetstone
- Museum number:
- 2-16699
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020016699
- Accession number:
- Acc.770
- Description:
- Rectangular olivine object. Igneous rock. Long. Whetstone for striking fire? Ethnological.
- Donor:
- Margaret Lantis
- Collection place:
- Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Nunivak Island; Mekoryuk
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Margaret Lantis
- Collection date:
- 1940
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Whetstones
- Accession date:
- 1940
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 4.75 inches
- Legacy documentation:
-