Knife, antler handle, steel blade

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Object Number 93-1-10/49955

Display Title Knife, antler handle, steel blade

Descriptions

Object Description Knife, antler handle, steel blade. Carrying knife.

Inventory Description Knife, metal blade nailed to bone/antler handle, drill indents on handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Materials Bone, Antler, Steel

Dimensions Overall: 14.9 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm (5 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49955

Provenance

Collector Unknown

Donor Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (01/01/1893)

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