Man's knife and sheath
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1895
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: Collector
content: George Byron Gordon (George B. Gordon/G. B. Gordon), Non-Indian, 1870-1927
label: Previous owner
content: Free Museum of Science and Art (University of Pennsylvania Museum) (University Museum, University of Pennsylvania)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by George Byron Gordon (1870-1927, associated with the Free Museum of Science/University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania) in 1905 or 1907; acquired by George Heye in 1908 through an exchange with the Free Museum.
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place: label: Place
content: Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
label: See related items
content: Personal items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/6730
label: Barcode
content: 016730.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Personal items
label: Indigenous Term
content: mellgar (knife) and qisran (sheath)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Man's knife and sheath
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal bone, iron blade, wood, spruce root, hide, cotton cloth, cotton embroidery floss
label: Techniques
content: Carved, sewn, wrapped, appliquéd, embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: 23 x 2.6 x 3.7 cm