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Shaman's copper knife
Object Number 04-10-10/64029
Display Title Shaman's copper knife
Descriptions
Object Description Shaman's copper knife. Made for market.
Inventory Description Knife, copper blade, carved horn bear head with fur, copper, abalone inlay
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Horn, Copper, Fur, Leather, Abalone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 54.1 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm (21 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/64029
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1904)
Intermediary Grace A. Nicholson (1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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