Knife

Museum number:
2-4033
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-179 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small curved knife of steel with wood handle padded. Probably for ivory, horn or bone-working. Sinew cordage over wood shavings pad the handle.
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
Materials:
Sinew (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as 2-4031
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4033, described as Small curved knife of steel with wood handle padded. Probably for ivory, horn or bone-working. Sinew cordage over wood shavings pad the handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4033, described as Small curved knife of steel with wood handle padded. Probably for ivory, horn or bone-working. Sinew cordage over wood shavings pad the handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4033, described as Small curved knife of steel with wood handle padded. Probably for ivory, horn or bone-working. Sinew cordage over wood shavings pad the handle.

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