Knife

Museum number:
2-3921
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003921
Alternate number:
x-67 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone knife, probably ulu blade; ground slate. Fragment of long blade with almost flat cutting edge.
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:
Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf.2-3996
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 13.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3921, described as Stone knife, probably ulu blade; ground slate. Fragment of long blade with almost flat cutting edge.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3921, described as Stone knife, probably ulu blade; ground slate. Fragment of long blade with almost flat cutting edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3921, described as Stone knife, probably ulu blade; ground slate. Fragment of long blade with almost flat cutting edge.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3921, described as Stone knife, probably ulu blade; ground slate. Fragment of long blade with almost flat cutting edge.

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