Knife

Museum number:
2-4030a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024030a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-176 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
a) Knife, probably used for scraping ivory, bone, or antler. With conifer handle, iron blade, rawhide lashing. b) rawhide sheath.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
King Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; King Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Fremont Morse
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— length 21.7 centimeters and b)— length 11 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4030a,b, described as a) Knife, probably used for scraping ivory, bone, or antler. With conifer handle, iron blade, rawhide lashing. b) rawhide sheath.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4030a,b, described as a) Knife, probably used for scraping ivory, bone, or antler. With conifer handle, iron blade, rawhide lashing. b) rawhide sheath.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4030a,b, described as a) Knife, probably used for scraping ivory, bone, or antler. With conifer handle, iron blade, rawhide lashing. b) rawhide sheath.

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