Donor Name:

Leonard D. Kepler  Search this

Length:

30.1 cm

Width:

4.2 cm

Height:

2 cm

Culture:

Eskimo, Inupiaq  Search this

Object Type:

Knife

Place:

Nome (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

12 Jul 2005

Collection Date:

1955 to 1975

Notes:

Scrimshaw knife with images of walruses. Knife handle shaped like a fish. Scrimshaw on both sides of the handle depicting the mouth, eyes and fins of the fish. May be a letter opener?

Record Last Modified:

11 Jan 2022

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2034562

USNM Number:

E431904-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36eb3a014-1ff6-4e16-9e25-fb50d86e78c5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8551506