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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
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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 13-52-10/88572 | Woman's knife handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R49 | Woman's knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate. Handle is carved. |
Handle
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 13-52-10/88568 | Knife or chisel handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87960 | Knife or chisel handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/88571 | Crooked knife handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87961 | Knife or chisel handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/88508 | Bone knife or chisel handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87996 | Chisel or knife handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 41-29-10/23227 | Ulu (woman's knife) handle of ivory |
Handle
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 13-52-10/87964 | Shave handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/88512 | Crooked knife handles |
Handle
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52098 | Ivory handle for woman's knife |
Raw Material
Handle |
Alaska
|