Curved Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "32876-84. UNALEET MITHL. MAHLEMUT MILT LIK GUH. FOR MAKING BIDARKEE [kayak] FRAMES AND WORKING IN WOOD. NOS. 32882,-78-ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XXXVIII-19, 26; P.94." FROM CARD: "1/83 SITES INUA LOAN."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=538 , retrieved 12-27-2021; see web page for additional information: Curved Knife, Inupiaq. Men made their own tools including the curved or "crooked" knife. Its blade was shaped from scrap metal or an old worn out file. The crooked knife is still favored by contemporary artists for all kinds of carving and finishing. Sharpened beaver and porcupine teeth set in wooden handles were used before metal arrived.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Michael, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E32882-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.2 cm