Starikwikhpak (Kuigpalleq), Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1879
Notes:
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."
