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Knife or chisel handles
Object Number 13-52-10/88568
Display Title Knife or chisel handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife handles, carved bone, slit for hafting, perforated, 1 splitting
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Utqiaguigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Borough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm (4 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 88568
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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