Chopping Knife Handle
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: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; P1. 66, FIG. 1; P. 416." FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).---HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY, WITH SLIT FOR INSERTION OF METAL BLADE, WITHOUT RIVETS. THERE IS AN OPENING TO FORM THE GRIP, AND A PROJECTION AT ONE END IS IN IMITATION OF A SEAL'S HEAD. THE ORNAMENTATION CONSISTS OF SCRATCHES AND A CLOSELY CUT GUTTER. BLADE WANTING. LENGTH, 3 1/2 INCHES. ESKIMO OF ALASKA. 38,366. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nulukhtulogumut, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38366-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8.9 cm