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CAS 0389-1672 | |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | Germany? | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | early 1800s, probably | |
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: Tin (?) alloy; Horn; Silver | |
| Description | From BRL 1982: “Mediterranean style dagger, origin unknown, construction looks German; Horn handle with engraved cast tin (?) (sic) alloy mounts; Triangular blade with touchmark of five lobed crown over T (?) (sic) G; Probably early 19th century.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.7, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 21.6 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0389-2052 |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife sheath | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Width = 3.3, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 17.3 |
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CAS 0389-1755 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Folding knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: Steel; Wood | |
| Description | From BRL 1982: “Folding knife or razor, origin unknown; Cylindrical sleet iron handle, wood liner; Crude but thin and sharp forged steel blade; Long tang.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 19.8 (open) | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-1647 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northwest Europe or Mediterranean | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: Steel; Wood; Lacquer | |
| Description | From BRL 1982: “Knife: Either a Catlin (a type of double-edged amputation knife used for dissecting joints), Northern Europe (England, Germany, Belgium), mid 19th century, or a 19th century Mediterranean dagger; Plain bolster suggest the former but lacquered wood handle suggests the latter.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 25.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0389-2023 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal; Wood; Silver | |
| Description | From BRL 1982: “Appears to be assembled from parts or a relic of something larger.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.8, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 19.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0389-1862 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Knife sheath | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Leather; Velvet | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 0.5, Width = 2.8, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 19.2 |
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CAS 0389-1030 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Mortar | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Europe | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rietz Collection of Food Technology | |
| Materials | Metal: bronze | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.1, Max Diam = 10.4 | |
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CAS 0434-0006 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Figurine mold | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Mexico & Central America | |
| Country | Mexico | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Northern Mexico | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Clay; Rubber; Plaster | |
| Description | Figurine mold; Reddish; Rounded back and top, flat base; Yellow rubber layer adhering to mold side; Removable white plaster block pushing rubber into mold. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.7, Thickness = 3.8, Length = 8.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0601-0003 |  |
| Category | Pottery; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Ladle censer | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Mexico & Central America | |
| Country | Mexico | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Michoacan | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1200 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Clay; Pigment | |
| Description | Ladle censer with shallow, rounded bowl and tubular handle; Handle is closed but hollow with a distinct, flaring rim at the distal end; Proximal end of handle bulges into bowl; Distal end of the handle painted red, as is the rim of bowl; Inner bowl painted with a series of red lines; An uneven red band rings the handle near the proximal end, covering the repaired break; Red-brown with red paint. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.9, Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 20.0, Length = 37.8 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0411-0133 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Metate | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Mexico & Central America | |
| Country | Mexico | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | unknown | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Stone: vesicular basalt | |
| Description | Large platform metate pecked and ground to shape from a single piece of stone; Flat rectangular grinding surface has very shallow lip around three sides and is open along bottom edge; The metate is supported on 2 heavy cylindrical legs on the lower corners and a single, slightly taller leg positioned in the center along the top edge, thereby setting the actual grinding surface at a sloping angle to facilitate removal of ground meal as one works. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 26.8, Width = 38.8, Length = 56.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0276-0242 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Stone tool | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North Africa | |
| Country | Tunisia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | 1/2 mile southwest of the town of Gafsa | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | E.S. Ross | |
| Materials | Stone | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.0, Width = 5.0, Length = 5.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0276-0243 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Stone tool | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North Africa | |
| Country | Tunisia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | 1/2 mile southwest of the town of Gafsa | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | E.S. Ross | |
| Materials | Stone | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.4, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 5.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0276-0244 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Stone tool | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North Africa | |
| Country | Tunisia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | 1/2 mile southwest of the town of Gafsa | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | E.S. Ross | |
| Materials | Stone | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.1, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 5.9 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2019-0001-0179 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Ulu knife | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Nunavut | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet) | |
| Maker's Name | Jimmy Kliviklik, possibly | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1915 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal; Wood | |
| Description | Ulu knife; Crescent-shaped steel knife with a bi-facially thinned (mostly on one face), convex cutting edge; Back edge of blade is roughly crescent shaped; Two hammered copper bars are riveted to blade at its widest point and extend superiorly to insert into a cut out section of a rectangular wooden handle; Superior portion of handle is slightly rounded for grip. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.4, Width = 17.6, Length = 1.7 |
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CAS 2016-0009-0014 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Die | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bone; Ink | |
| Description | Miniature playing die; Cube carved of bone with each of the six sides displaying scrimshawed dots numbering one through six; Dots are incised into the bone and filled with ink. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 0.9, Width = 0.9, Length = 0.9 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2019-0001-0174 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Wolf scarer | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Utqiagvik (Barrow) | |
| Maker's Name | Paul Patkotak (1891-1980) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1974 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Baleen; Sinew; Tooth (walrus) | |
| Description | Wolf scarer; Carved from roughly rectangular thin slat of baleen attached to a long cord of braided sinew; Baleen slat is trimmed down to a sharp edge, with serrations cut along the both sides; Walrus tooth is tied to end of the cord. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.0, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 15.0 | |
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CAS 2015-0001-0003 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Amulet | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Eagleville | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | Unknown | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Stone: chert | |
| Description | Small bifacially flaked amulet in the form of a bird (probably an eagle) with outstretched wings and head head seemingly turned to one side; Color is mottled tan-pink. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.9, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 2.1 | |
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CAS 2015-0001-0016 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Biface fragment | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Eagleville | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | Unknown | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Obsidian | |
| Description | Mid-section fragment of an indeterminate biface tool with deeply serrated lateral edges; Color is opaque black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.7, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 2.2 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2015-0001-0017 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Biface fragment | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Eagleville | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | Unknown | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Obsidian | |
| Description | Proximal fragment of an indeterminate biface tool (probably a spear point), whose relatively straight lateral edges taper gradually to an indeterminate distal tip; Wide U-shaped notch at each basal corner forms short down-turned lateral tangs and short hafting stem with tapering lateral edges and straight base; Color is opaque black with brown speckling. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.6, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 3.3 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 2015-0001-0019 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Biface fragment | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Modoc | |
| Other Geographic Data | Vicinity of Eagleville | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | Unknown | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Obsidian | |
| Description | Indeterminate bifacially flaked tool whose straight lateral edges taper gradually toward a blunt distal tip; Color is opaque black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.9, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 3.5 |
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