Ivory Knife or Letter Opener with Tupilak Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Aug 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1965 to 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Eugene A. Thalmann
label: Donor Name
content: Eugene Thalmann
notes: label: Notes
content: Crouching figure of tupilak serves and handle for knife or letter opener. The blade is held in the tupilak's mouth. Blade has openwork carving of man, sled, and 3 sled dogs. Tupilak's eyes inlaid with black plastic substance. Some form of adhesive is used to attach the separately carved blade to the mouth of the tupilak.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Area of Ammassalik, East, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, East Greenland Inuit / Tunumiit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034547
label: USNM Number
content: E432510-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Letter Opener
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 3.7 cm