KNIFE

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

KNIFE

Entry/Object ID

143/5722

Description

STEEL KNIFE WITH HANDLE WRAPPED IN RAWHIDE STRIPPINGS NOTE: ON BACK OF PHOTO 45 THIS KNIFE IS LISTED AS IVORY, BUT IT IS CLEARLY THE OBJECT FROM THE PHOTO AND IT IS MADE OF STEEL.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Parts

Count

1

Material

Metal, RAWHIDE

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

W H CASE PHOTO 45, ITEM # 6, ID 143/366 HLG LEDGER VOL. 1, pg. 71A, 89F INVOICE LETTER 3/21/1910 NOTE: IN LETTER WH CASE IS TELLING HLG THAT HE OBTAINED THIS ARTIFACT FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR DOC. 12/21/2017 RLC/TT