Knife sharpener

Museum number:
2-4247
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004247
Alternate number:
x-393 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Beaver tooth knife sharpener. Beaver tooth set in wood handle. Spruce root binding.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Spruce root, Tooth (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knife sharpeners
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as in 2-4248
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #376.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife sharpener, accession number 2-4247, described as Beaver tooth knife sharpener. Beaver tooth set in wood handle. Spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife sharpener, accession number 2-4247, described as Beaver tooth knife sharpener. Beaver tooth set in wood handle. Spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife sharpener, accession number 2-4247, described as Beaver tooth knife sharpener. Beaver tooth set in wood handle. Spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife sharpener, accession number 2-4247, described as Beaver tooth knife sharpener. Beaver tooth set in wood handle. Spruce root binding.

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