Knife

Museum number:
2-4079
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-225 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of bone. Stylized seal head (?) and 2 circles with central holes at handle end.
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
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
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 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson Pl. XCIV and p. 346.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4079, described as Made of bone. Stylized seal head (?) and 2 circles with central holes at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4079, described as Made of bone. Stylized seal head (?) and 2 circles with central holes at handle end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4079, described as Made of bone. Stylized seal head (?) and 2 circles with central holes at handle end.

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