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Object Number 88-51-10/50006
Display Title Slate blades of woman's knives
Descriptions
Object Description Slate blades of woman's knives. Ulu blades, likely used for cooking.
Inventory Description Implement, 1 edge worked, 1 perforated, 1 mended
Classification
  • Edged
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Kodiak Island Borough
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 7.3 x 0.6 cm (6 5/16 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 50006 & 90413 [crossed out] & Kodiak & 74699 [crossed out] & Alaska/Fisher & 904
Provenance
Collector W. J. Fisher
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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