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Ivory and steel knife
Object Number 93-14-10/49695
Display Title Ivory and steel knife
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kiliortuut, saviminermik, saanermillu sanaaq
Inventory Description Knife, ulu, small curved metal blade, hafted to carved ivory handle, T-shaped
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic Highlands
Materials Walrus ivory , Ferrous metal
Dimensions Overall: 5.8 x 4.5 x 1.1 cm (2 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49695
Provenance
Collector Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)
Donor Donated by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1893)

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