Blubber And Snow Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Dec 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1881 to 1882
name: label: Collector
content: James T. Brown
label: Donor Name
content: James T. Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ESQUIMOS. SEE NO. 68113."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD FOR 68113: "NOS. 68113-37 WERE OBTAINED BY MR. J. T. BROWN FROM PERSONS ON BOARD A WHALING VESSEL JUST RETURNED FROM A VOYAGE TO HUDSON BAY."
label: Notes
content: This object is described on p. 89 of Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off. It is identified there as "Snow-knife. Long blade, said to be made from a whaleman's boarding-knife, the original having been made from a navy cutlass. Handle, walrus ivory. Length, 17 1/2 inches. New Bedford, Massachusettes, 1882. U.S. Fish Commission. Obtained from one of the crew of whaling brig "George and Mary." Made and used by Eskimo, Hudson Bay, for cutting out blocks of snow in building igloos, as well as for cutting walrus meat."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hudson Bay / Marble Island (near), Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00028
label: USNM Number
content: E68125-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife