KNIFE

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

KNIFE

Entry/Object ID

143/5734

Description

STEEL KNIFE HAFT IS WRAPPED IN BUCKSKIN STRIPS NOTE: ON BACK OF PHOTO THIS KNIFE IS LABELED AS IVORY, BUT IT CLEARLY IS THE KNIFE IN 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

Aleut
Native American

Notes

Item is listed under Tlingit in the index

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, BUCKSKIN

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

W H CASE PHOTO 45, ITEM #7, ID 143/366 HLG VOL. 1, pg. 71A, 89F, INVOICE 3/21/10 IN LETTER OF THAT DATE WH CASE IS TELLING HLG THAT HE OBTAINED THIS OBJECT FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION