Knife

Museum number:
2-3934
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003934
Alternate number:
x-80 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Meat knife with drilled hole for handle. Broken piece of slate with single working edge. Pencilled in is "from Kagmak meat knife."
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kaguyak, Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Meat knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3934, described as Meat knife with drilled hole for handle. Broken piece of slate with single working edge. Pencilled in is "from Kagmak meat knife."Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3934, described as Meat knife with drilled hole for handle. Broken piece of slate with single working edge. Pencilled in is "from Kagmak meat knife."Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3934, described as Meat knife with drilled hole for handle. Broken piece of slate with single working edge. Pencilled in is "from Kagmak meat knife."

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