Knife Item Number: E168354-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S NO. 168354 FISH-KNIFE. (YAKUTAT)."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 17 on list) appears to attribute this to the Yakutat Tlingit of Yakutat. List identifies this object as a "Woman's fish knife ... consisting of an iron blade set in a wooden handle, used by women to split and cut fish (halibut and salmon) for sun drying and curing for winter use."
Item History
- Made in Yakutat, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Yakutat, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- E168354-0
- Type of Item
- knife
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Yakutat
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072