Ivory Woman's Skinning Knife-Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LABEL: "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).---HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY, EXHIBITING THE FINEST FINISH AND THE GREATEST ECONOMY OF MATERIAL. THE LOWER PORTION IS THICKENED JUST ENOUGH TO HOLD THE IRON BLADE. THE UPPER MARGIN IS EXPANDED LIKE THE BACK OF A RAZOR. DOUBTLESS THE PIECE WAS MADE BY AN ESKIMO, BUT THE FORM AND FINISH ARE QUITE BEYOND HIS RUDE [sic] TOOLS BEFORE EUROPEAN CONTACT." ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; PL. 65, FIG. 3; P. 416."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E48257-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 8 cm