Knife Item Number: 1060/68 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Curved blade attached to a brown, wooden, downward curving handle with full tang. At the point where the blade meets the handle the knife is bound with dark green cloth wound over with gold-coloured metal wire.
Narrative
The documentation from the Sisters of Saint Ann Museum says this was collected by Agnes Dean Cameron and acquired by the museum in 1938. Provenance unknown; thought to possibly be from Canada?
Item History
- Made in Canada ? before 1938
- Owned by Sisters of Saint Ann Museum
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum before September 6, 1985
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution) on September 6, 1985
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- 1060/68
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- metal, wood, alloy metal ? and cotton fibre ?
- Overall
- height 3.8 cm, width 23.0 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Sisters of Saint Ann Museum and B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1938
- Ownership Date
- before September 6, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on September 6, 1985
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 51
- Accession Number
- 1060/0068