Knife

Museum number:
2-5845
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005845
Alternate number:
x-935 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Piece of stone knife, probably ulu; slate.
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:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-3996
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-5845, described as Piece of stone knife, probably ulu; slate.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-5845, described as Piece of stone knife, probably ulu; slate.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-5845, described as Piece of stone knife, probably ulu; slate.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-5845, described as Piece of stone knife, probably ulu; slate.

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