Stone Fish Knife
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: "38254-5. -55 ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; P1. 64, FIG. 1; P. 416." FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S KNIFE (ULU).---BLADE OF BLACK SLATE, TYPICAL IN FORM, CURVED EDGE, AND STRAIGHT BACK, INSERTED IN THE GROOVE OF A CLUMSEY PINE HANDLE AND HELD IN PLACE BY A LASHING OF SPRUCE ROOT PASSING THROUGH THE HANDLE AND THROUGH A HOLE RUBBED IN THE BLADE. LENGTH OF BLADE, 4 1/2 INCHES. ESKIMO OF LOWER YUKON, ALASKA. 38,255. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Starikwikhpak (Kuigpalleq), Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Ekogmut
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: E38255-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Blade
content: 11.4 cm