Knife

Museum number:
2-3030
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.106
Description:
Per accession file: Root knife, used to dig out roots. 28". Curved iron blade with bone handle. Carving knife of "usual" type.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska;
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material) (conifer)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Knives
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Missing in 1956 per catalog card. Description is crossed out in pencil in the accession file, may have been recataloged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3030, described as Per accession file: Root knife, used to dig out roots. 28". Curved iron blade with bone handle. Carving knife of "usual" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3030, described as Per accession file: Root knife, used to dig out roots. 28". Curved iron blade with bone handle. Carving knife of "usual" type.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3030, described as Per accession file: Root knife, used to dig out roots. 28". Curved iron blade with bone handle. Carving knife of "usual" type.

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