Knife
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- Culture/People
- probably Minitari (Hidatsa) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (E. R. Steinbrueck), Non-Indian, 1836-1918
- Previous owner
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Seller
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Object Name
- Knife
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Place
- Sakakawea site (Awatixa Village), Knife River; Stanton; Mercer County; North Dakota; USA
- Date created
- probably 1780–1834
- Collection History
- Excavated between 1902 and 1908 by amateur archaeologist Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (1836-1918) for the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Bismarck, North Dakota); purchased by MAI from the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1925.
- Catalog Number
- 14/540
- Barcode
- 140540.000
- See related items
- Minitari (Hidatsa) (archaeological)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement