Hunting Knife And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jul 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Museum Of Academy Of Sciences Leningrad
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wooden handle, triangular (cross section) steel blade, leather sheath."
label: Notes
content: Reference: Ivanova-Unarova, Zinaida, 2017. Siberian Collections in the U.S. Museums. Yakutsk. Object is identified there: Knife byhakh and sheath kyyn. 19th century, second half. Metal, wood, hide. Dimensional carving, forging, polishing. Knife L.: 33.5. A hunting knife with a long sharp edge and a long oval fuller that is a necessary attribute of every Sakha knife. The handle is made from birch. The sheath is made from birch and is wrapped in yellow leather. Small leather straps are attached to the sheath on two sides. The tip of the blade is notched.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Aldan & Lena Rivers Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yakut (Sakha)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 103666
label: USNM Number
content: E352245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33.5 cm