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Knife or chisel handles
Knife or chisel handles
Object Number 13-52-10/88029
Display Title Knife or chisel handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handles, bone, one with 7 perforations and slit for hafting, other 1 perforation
Classification
  • Handle
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: 10.6 x 2 x 1.2 cm (4 3/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 88029
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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13-52-10/88568.1 Knife or chisel handles
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13-52-10/88568.2 Knife or chisel handles
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Image Not Available for Parts of knife or chisel handles
13-52-10/88570 Parts of knife or chisel handles
North Slope Burough