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Object Number
17-20-10/87234
Display Title
Crooked knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Crooked knife
Inventory Description
Knife, metal blade attached to curved wood handle with rawhide
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1885-1895
Culture
- Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
Labrador
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (8 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87234
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Leslie A. Lee
(1891)
Donor
Prof. Leslie A. Lee
(1917)
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