Carving tool
- Museum number:
- 2-30859
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020030859
- Alternate number:
- 2-30858a,b (associated catalog number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1476
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Cutting and shaping tool; curved steel blade shafted to wooden handle. Used in making wood carvings and to make cedar wood box (2-30858a,b).
- Donor:
- American Indian Film Project
- Collection place:
- Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Victoria
- Culture or time period:
- Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Maker or artist:
- Mungo Martin
- Collector:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection date:
- 1961
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- 1961
- Context of use:
- Used in making wood carvings and to make cedar wood box (2-30858 a,b).
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 14.375 inches
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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