Stone Knife For Splitting Fish Item Number: E18921-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN CHAS. RAU, PREHISTORIC FISHING IN EUROPE AND NO. AMERICA, SMITHSONIAN CONTRIB'S TO KNOWLEDGE 508, FIG. 336, P. 187 (1884)." From old James G. Swan label glued onto artifact: "ancient knife for splitting fish, Makah Indians, Neah Bay, W.T. Indian name Co-che-tin. J. G. Swan Dec 1874."
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA during December 1874
- Received during 1875
What
- Name
- Stone Knife For Splitting Fish
- Identification Number
- E18921-0
- Type of Item
- knife
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during December 1874
- Acquisition Date
- during 1875
Other
- Accession Number
- 004126