Knife & Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1862
name: label: Donor Name
content: Capt. George Gibbs
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 4, FIG. 4, P. 362. IDENTIFIED THERE AS STEEL DAGGER OF THE TYPE REFERRED TO AS HAND DAG OR STABBER. . . .HILT CONSISTS OF TWO BONE PIECES RIVETED TO THE STEEL SHANK. THE SHEATH IS BUCKSKIN ORNAMENTED WITH SEED BEADS. KNIFE: 37.8 CM. L., 6.9 CM. W.
label: Notes
content: For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000051
label: USNM Number
content: E729-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Knife Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Knife
content: 37.8 cm
label: Width - Knife
content: 6.9 cm