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Native American - Northwest Coast
Weapons
Weapons
Native American
Food and Drink ➔ Knife Handle

Identifier:

204682

Description:

Split bone, curved and rounded at one end, side of curved end slit for insertion of iron blade (now missing) old bone.;1) 'latitude 66' 15', longitude 166' '#1' '75 cents'. |

Date:

1867 – 1933

Materials:

Bone

Current Location Status:

In Storage

Source:

Gift Of Herrick, Ruth

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Related Entity:

Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick (donor)
Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.