Small Knife Or Lancet - Stone Blade
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FOR SURGICAL USE. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; FIG. 97; P. 310. SEE 18 ANNUAL REPORT. BAE. PP. 309-310 AND FIG. 97. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL.100, P.68. " Identified in USIA Inua catalogue as "bloodletting knife. Shamans practised spirit healing, herbal medicine, and blood letting, among other medicinal techniques. This knife, with its very thin tip of ground nephrite, was used by a shaman for bloodletting. 10.7 cm,,"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Norton Sound, North, 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38797-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lancet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.7 cm