Knife

Museum number:
2-62117a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210262117a@2cb
Alternate number:
1924a,b (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.03
Description:
Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Lila Morris O'Neale
Collection date:
1948
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Probably for working of ivory, bone and horn.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 15.5 centimeters and (a)— length 18.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-62117a,b, described as Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-62117a,b, described as Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-62117a,b, described as Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-62117a,b, described as Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-62117a,b, described as Knife in sheath. (a) Knife with curved steel blade in bone or antler handle attached with wrapped sinew cordage. (b) Fur sheath sewn on edge, skin trim at top. Some moth damage.

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