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Knife of beaver tooth. Set in bone handle wrapped in deer skin.
Knife of beaver tooth. Set in bone handle wrapped in deer skin.
Object Number 15-36-10/86360
Display Title Knife of beaver tooth. Set in bone handle wrapped in deer skin.
Descriptions
Object Description Knife of beaver tooth. Set in bone handle wrapped in deer skin.
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, large animal tooth wrapped in buckskin.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Tooth Leather Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm (4 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86360
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Vendor James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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