Knife Item Number: E168353-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WOMAN'S NO. 168353 FOR BASKET MAKING. (HUTZAUWU)."Provenience note: List in accession file (this object is # 16 on list) appears to attribute this to the Hutsnuwu Tlingit of Angoon. List identifies this object as a "Woman's knife of iron ... used in basket making by woman and also as a skin dresser and for a variety of purposes."
Item History
- Made in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Lt. George T. Emmons in Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on April 17, 1894
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- E168353-0
- Type of Item
- knife
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Lt. George T. Emmons
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on April 17, 1894
Other
- Accession Number
- 028072