Stone Fish-Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Sep 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: Charles L. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ONE KNIFE & EXCHANGE 38H49-EDWARD LOVETT-OCT. 7, 1901. LABEL FOR 55,916: "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).--BLADE OF FINE BLACK SLATE, SET IN A DEEP POCKET GROOVE OF THE WOODEN HANDLE. SPACE CUP OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HANDLE FOR THUMB AND MIDDLE FINGER. THIS SPECIMEN IN ITS ENTIRETY PRESENTS AN ALMOST PERFECT CIRCULAR FORM. LENGTH 3 1/2". LABEL FOR 55,916(A): "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).--BLADE OF SLATE, INSERTED IN A POCKET-GROOVE OF THE WOODEN HANDLE. THE LATTER IS SHAPED LIKE THE EGYPTIAN SYMBOL FOR THE EYE, THE OPENING FORMING A CONVENIENT CAVITY FOR THE THUMB AND MIDDLE FINGER. LENGTH, 5 1/2"." #55916-A-ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; PL. 69, FIG. 2; #55916-B-ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; PL. 70, FIG. 1; P. 416."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013527
label: USNM Number
content: E55916-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.9 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm