Knife

Museum number:
2-10899
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.591
Description:
Curved antler knife with steel blade. So-called long-handled crooked knife.
Donor:
S. B. McLenegan
Collection place:
Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
S. B. McLenegan
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1923
Context of use:
Tool for wood-working.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch pp. 157-9.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-10899, described as Curved antler knife with steel blade. So-called long-handled crooked knife.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-10899, described as Curved antler knife with steel blade. So-called long-handled crooked knife.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-10899, described as Curved antler knife with steel blade. So-called long-handled crooked knife.

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