Letter Opener
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED FROM 1 PIECE, OBJECT HAS SALMON-SHAPED HANDLE & A POINTED, TRIANGULAR BLADE. BOTH SIDES OF HANDLE HAVE SCRIMSHAWED TAIL, FINS, & EYES. FISH MOUTH IS OPEN & ITS INTERIOR IS PAINTED RED. FISH HEAD IS THE HILT, THE TAIL IS THE JOINT BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE BLADE. ONE SIDE OF BLADE HAS SCRIMSHAW OF A SEAL'S HEAD FACING RIGHT. SEAL IS SWIMMING & CHASING THE FISH. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, PROBABLY WAS MADE BY PAUL TIULANA, AN INUPIAT ESKIMO OF KING ISLAND, NOW DECEASED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jan 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: King Island, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428015-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Letter Opener
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1 cm