Fish Knife-Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; P1. 61, FIG. 3; P. 416; ALSO IN REPT, 1897; P1. 44, FIG. 3; P. 950. FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).---HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY, ABRUPTLY WEDGE-SHAPED, LIKE THE KERNEL OF A BRAZIL NUT. ORNAMENT, GROOVE AND HERRING BONE ON TOP, LINES AND ALTERNATING TOOTH-SHAPED CUTS ON THE SIDE, WITH FINE SCRATCHES RESEMBLING INVERTED TREES. POCKET-GROOVE FOR BLADE. LENGTH, 2 1/2 INCHES. ESKIMO OF CAPE NOME, ALASKA, 1880. 44,598. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Nome, Norton Sound, 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: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E44598-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6.3 cm