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Object Number
13-52-10/88027
Display Title
Knife handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Handle, rough bone, rectangular, slotted and pronged base
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Shooting Slalion; Birnink; Cape Barrow, 6m. NW of; Cape Smyth, 6m. NE of
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3 x 7.4 x 1.5 cm (2 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88027
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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