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Snow knife of walrus ivory
Snow knife of walrus ivory
Object Number 93-14-10/49697
Display Title Snow knife of walrus ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory snow knife, curved blade, plain handle
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1893
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic highlands
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 43 x 6 x 1.6 cm (16 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49697 & A-8224
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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Media Restricted
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Shaft, modified
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