Knife

Museum number:
2-59560
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Accession number:
Acc.3282
Description:
Made of carved walrus ivory. Seal on ice floe engraved on one side of blade. Handle of "fossil" ivory.
Donor:
Mrs. Bernice Wetterwik
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Louis Levy
Collection date:
1879-1947
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-59560, described as Made of carved walrus ivory. Seal on ice floe engraved on one side of blade. Handle of "fossil" ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-59560, described as Made of carved walrus ivory. Seal on ice floe engraved on one side of blade. Handle of "fossil" ivory.

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