Knife

Museum number:
2-4075
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-221 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory. 3 lobes underside handle, each with pierced center. Incised circle and dot designs.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Story (snow) knife. Children's toy to make designs in snow, cut out snow animals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 30.7 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XCIV and p. 346.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4075, described as Ivory. 3 lobes underside handle, each with pierced center. Incised circle and dot designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4075, described as Ivory. 3 lobes underside handle, each with pierced center. Incised circle and dot designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4075, described as Ivory. 3 lobes underside handle, each with pierced center. Incised circle and dot designs.

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