Knives
- Museum number:
- 2-45288a-f
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210245288a@2df
- Accession number:
- Acc.2747
- Object count:
- 6
- Description:
- Butter spreaders (knives) with handle in shape of walrus. Filled dot details. Stamped "U.S.I.D. Alaskan Eskimo.
- Donor:
- Harold J. Murphy
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Harold J. Murphy
- Collection date:
- 1956-1971
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Accession date:
- 1971
- Context of use:
- Tourist novelty.
- Department:
- Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)
- Dimensions:
- length 13.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: