Knife Made By Ind.

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Object Details

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

Notes

Catalogue card identifies as a knife made by a Kootchin [Kutchin] Indian.

Provenience note: There appears to be some conflicting provenience information for this artifact. The entry for this artifact in ledger 1 of first set of ledger books lists the locality as Peel River, Lower Mackenzie River. The entry in ledger 1 of the second set of ledger books, and also the catalogue card, lists the locality as Yukon (River), Russian America.

Record Last Modified

16 Mar 2017

Specimen Count

Culture

Kutchin (Gwich'in, Dihjii Zhuh)

Accession Date

1863

Accession Number

000177

USNM Number

E898-0

Object Type

Knife

Place

Yukon River (not certain) / Peel River (not certain) / Mackenzie River (lower) (not certain), Alaska (not certain) / Northwest Territories (not certain), United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37c710ab4-97a9-4a3c-bc67-0f21c3651a80

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8486160