Knife Item Number: E20846-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "FOR SCRAPING THE INNER BARK OF THE HEMLOCK FOR FOOD." THIS KNIFE WAS ILLUSTRATED (UNDER INCORRECT #20840) IN USNM AR 1890; PL. 72, FIG. 1; P. 416 AND IDENTIFIED THERE AS A WOMAN'S KNIFE, KOOTZNOO INDIANS (KOLUSHAN STOCK).
Item History
- Made in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- E20846-0
- Type of Item
- knife
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730