Skinning Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1962
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: DARK-BROWN CRESCENTIC SLATE BLADE HAS UNEVEN EDGE. IS INSERTED INTO A GROOVE CUT LENGTHWISE OF A RECTANGULAR DARK BROWN FOSSIL WALRUS IVORY HANDLE. ONE END OF THE HANDLE HAS 2 HOLES BORED INTO EITHER SIDE OF THE GROOVE. ONE HOLE IS PLUGGED UP. INCISED GROOVE IS CUT LENGTHWISE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HANDLE. STICKER "94" IS AFFIXED TO ONE SIDE OF THE BLADE. PURCHASED FROM VERA, INUPIAT ESKIMO, IN POINT BARROW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: North Alaskan Eskimo
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: A553281-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.6 cm