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Knife handles
Object Number 13-52-10/88028
Display Title Knife handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, bone, tapered ends, slit through middle
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Shooting Slalion; Birnink; Cape Barrow, 6m. NW of; Cape Smyth, 6m. NE of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm (3 7/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88028
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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