Knife

Museum number:
2-10371
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Knife-shaped implement of soft buff stone; said to be a knife, but use uncertain probably found in ruin; flat; generally triangular shape with hemispherical lube as "handle.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Used as knife?
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.9 centimeters and 4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-10371, described as Knife-shaped implement of soft buff stone; said to be a knife, but use uncertain probably found in ruin; flat; generally triangular shape with hemispherical lube as "handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-10371, described as Knife-shaped implement of soft buff stone; said to be a knife, but use uncertain probably found in ruin; flat; generally triangular shape with hemispherical lube as "handle.

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