Knife
29-175-504
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-504 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nootka |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone |
| Description | Flat, slight backward curve tip to tip. Blade elongated triangle in frontal outline (but flat front to back), constricted "neck", and ovoid handle end. 4 grooves extend almost entire length of blade and dia-gonal scratches over entire surface. Incised lines on handle make grotesque face, eyes turned on end, mouth with bared teeth. 3 short curved incisions lower left and right corners of face, and curved line under each eye extending to mouth and over each eye meeting between. |
| Length | 53.4 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Depth | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/3022 - Collector Number |
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