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Antler knife handle with indentation at midpoint
Antler knife handle with indentation at midpoint
Object Number 88-51-10/50351
Display Title Antler knife handle with indentation at midpoint
Descriptions
Object Description Antler knife handle with indentation at midpoint
Inventory Description Knife handle?, antler, slit for blade insertion, drill indentation, perforated
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm (8 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 89635 [crossed out] / 50351 / 1291 [crossed out], Oogl. / P.H. Ray, U.S.A.
Provenance
Collector Lt. P. H. Ray
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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