Knife with Jade Blade and Bone handle
Iñupiaq or Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic
19th century
Bone and jade
Overall: 7 9/16 × 13/16 in. (19.2 × 2.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26109
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Processing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label: Alaska Knif [sic] / ESKIMO / Fossil bone hand / Jade Blade. / Standley Co. J-Day / [A E] 1933
Provenance
J. E. Standley (1854-1940), Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, Washington; sold to Glover Street Hastings III, (1864-1948), West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1933; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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