Utility Knife "Niho 'oki"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Donor Name
content: Moana Eisele
notes: label: Notes
content: Knife made from shark's teeth attached to a carved wooden handle (Niho 'oki), used to remove outer fiber from stalk of paper mulberry. It is part of a collection of kapa tools used to make barkcloth, and was made specifically for the U.S. Exploring Expedition conservation project that took place in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Lab at the Museum Support Center in 2012-2013.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071724
label: USNM Number
content: E436255-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Knife
content: 12 cm
label: Width - Knife
content: 6 cm
label: Depth - Knife
content: 2 cm