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Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0246   CAS 0005-0246; Comb (2 pieces)
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb (2 pieces)
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory
Description Rectangular comb that tapers to a rounded top.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 6.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0247   CAS 0005-0247; Comb
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Comb
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. late 1800s
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory
Description Hair comb carved from a thin flat piece of ivory that has been cut into a somewhat rectangular shape; Lateral edges taper very gradually toward a rounded proximal end, wherein a large round hole is cut; Series of 13 evenly spaced parallel cuts have been made on distal end extending inward approx. 1/3 of the comb’s total length, forming 14 short teeth.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.6, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 6.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0250   CAS 0005-0250; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 5.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0251   CAS 0005-0251; Knife blade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife blade
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description Single-edged knife blade made from an irregularly shaped, flat piece of slate; Semicircular cutting edge is bifacially thinned and ground smooth; Color is dark gray.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.7, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 7.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0252   CAS 0005-0252; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Tooth; Stone: slate
Description Handle made of a single tooth with a slot carved in it that has a ground slate blade inserted in it.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.7, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 4.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0253   CAS 0005-0253; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.1, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 6.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0254   CAS 0005-0254; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 4.8, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 7.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0256   CAS 0005-0256; Knife handle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife handle
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory
Description Carved ivory knife handle; Straight edge of handle has slot cut in it for blade; Shape is rectangular with curved corners; The proximal edge has designs carved in it, what appear to be whale flukes etched in each side and linear designs.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.8, Thickness = 1.9, Length = 8.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0257   CAS 0005-0257; Knife handle
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife handle
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory
Description Semicircular handle with one straight edge with a groove cut in it for blade insertion; Proximal curved area has 2 holes drilled through it and both sides have designs etched in them.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 5.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0262   CAS 0005-0262; Knife blade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife blade
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description Single-edged knife blade made from flat piece of slate, chipped to general rectangular shape and ground smooth on both faces; Convex cutting edge is very thick but bifacially thinned and ground smooth, tapering from its widest point at proximal end to the distal end; Back edge of blade is relatively straight, squared off and ground very smooth; Rectangular notch cut at proximal end of cutting edge forms short, squared off stem for hafting; Color is dark brown.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 11.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0263   CAS 0005-0263; Bird point
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Bird point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Blunt bone bird point with x configuration on head and socket hole in proximal end.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 2.0, Length = 2.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0264   CAS 0005-0264; Knife sharpener
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife sharpener
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description Distal end of stone knife sharpener that tapers to a somewhat blunt point.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.7, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 4.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0267   CAS 0005-0267; Knife sharpener
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife sharpener
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description Smoothed green stone rectangular in shape with both ends missing; Groove ground in one edge.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.4, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 6.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0269   CAS 0005-0269; Scraper
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Scraper
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.0, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0270   CAS 0005-0270; Scraper
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Scraper
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.8, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0272   CAS 0005-0272; Scraper
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Scraper
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.2, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 3.8

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0276   CAS 0005-0276; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.8, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 6.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0279   CAS 0005-0279; Drill
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Drill
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 4.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0280   CAS 0005-0280; Drill
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Drill
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 0.9, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 3.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0282   CAS 0005-0282; Drill
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Drill
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.5, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 4.0
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