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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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