Donor Name:

U.S. Coast Survey  Search this

Length - Dagger:

26.7 cm

Length - Sheath:

18.732 cm

Object Type:

Knife

Place:

Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

1874

Notes:

FROM CARD: "16348-74. NOS. 16349-52-5565-66 AND 70 EXCH. SEE CATALOGUE. NO.16360: EXCHANGE-MR. GEORGE G. HEYE 52 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY. NOV. 12, 1908. SEE FOLLOWING CARD. NO.16350:FOR STUDY & EXAMINATION: MR. STEWART CULIN. MARCH 24, 1897. UNIV OF PENN. PHILA. PA. #16353:--DAGGER AND SHEATH. HANDLE OF WOOD AND ANTLER, DOWELED TOGETHER. BLADE OF SLATE SET INTO THE ANTLER. A SMALL BARB JUST ABOVE THE BLADE. SHEATH MADE OF TWO PIECES OF WOOD HOLLOWED OUT AND LASHED TOGETHER WITH SPRUCE ROOT. LENGTH OF DAGGER, 10 1/2 INCHES; LENGTH OF SHEATH, 7 3/8 INCHES. #16361 - ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; P1. 21, NO. 7; P. 48."

Record Last Modified:

9 Feb 2016

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

003195

USNM Number:

E16353-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0037d51-e7b7-4262-8279-0cae1aba6cd3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8345083