Knife

Museum number:
2-4031
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-177 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Bent knife used as a plane for wood work. Caribou antler handle, iron blade, spruce root binding. So called "long-handled crooked knife.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Wood-working tool.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch pp. 157-9.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4031, described as Bent knife used as a plane for wood work. Caribou antler handle, iron blade, spruce root binding. So called "long-handled crooked knife.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4031, described as Bent knife used as a plane for wood work. Caribou antler handle, iron blade, spruce root binding. So called "long-handled crooked knife.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-4031, described as Bent knife used as a plane for wood work. Caribou antler handle, iron blade, spruce root binding. So called "long-handled crooked knife.

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