Knife W/ Case
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "JADE. WOODEN CASE, IVORY GRIP. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; PL. LXV-2,3; P. 170; ALSO IN USNM REPT, 1897; FIG. 193; P. 950 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN. WOOD, BALEEN? LASHING?" FROM CONDITION REPORT FOR HALL 9 TAKEDOWN (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "SHAPED JADE BLADE INSERTED INTO IVORY HANDLE HELD IN PLACE W/ IVORY PEGS. RAWHIDE LASHINGS ON HANDLE, DECORATIVELY WRAPPED."
label: Notes
content: Knife 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 knife https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=655 , retrieved 1-11-2022; see web page for additional information: Knife, Inupiaq. This fine ceremonial knife was an heirloom passed down through many generations at the old village of Nubviukhchugaluk on Norton Sound. The blade is polished Alaskan jade and the handle is walrus ivory. A rawhide cord crisscrosses the handle.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nubviukghugaluk, Norton Bay, 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: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E176072-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Knife
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Knife Blade
content: 6 cm