| Object Number | NA6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Point Barrow |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Long flat story knife made of ivory. The narrow end has two loop openings and the blade gradually widens to a gentle curve. Incised decorative lines include "skeletal markings" along the spine (29 single or sets of lines) and base (29 lines) of the knife and four nucleated cirle or "eye and hole" motifs (which suggest the joints of an animal) along the center of the blade. The knife is smoothed from use. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Miss G. E. Wiestling, 1904 |
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