Knife with sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1975
name: label: Donor Name
content: Leonard D. Kepler
notes: label: Notes
content: The knife is made of a steel blade and an ivory handle. The steel blade is shaped like a dagger, and shows slight signs of corrosion. The ivory handle is scrimshaw. It depicts a man with a sled, a whip and three sled dogs. Underneath the scrimshaw is the word/name "Nuguruk". Alaskan Eskimo ivory artifacts made for the tourist trade and marked with the signature "Nuguruk" are derived from a Seattle company of the 1960's which obtained cutlery blades and fittings and then hired people to produce scrimshaw ivory handles. Leather Sheath has embossed floral design on front of pouch. Support where knife handle rests has geometric designs and the letters "LDK" (Leonard D. Kepler). There is a strap with a button attached to this area to secure the knife handle. The back of the sheath is not worked or embossed. Partially legible writing on back reads: "1525".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nome (not certain), 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: 2034562
label: USNM Number
content: E431909-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Knife
content: 32 cm
label: Width - Knife
content: 5.9 cm
label: Length - Sheath
content: 31.5 cm
label: Width - Sheath
content: 6.5 cm