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Woman's knife handles
Object Number 13-52-10/87997
Display Title Woman's knife handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handles, carved bone, crescent-shaped, slit for hafting, one is perforated
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth; Point Barrow, 12 miles from
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm (4 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 87997
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912 - 1913)

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