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Object Number 17-17-10/87077
Display Title Carpenter's knife iron blade, yew handle
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Le lhwatla
Object Description Carpenter's knife iron blade, yew handle
Inventory Description Knife, curved metal blade, lashed with rawhide to carved wood handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 2.9 x 2 cm (10 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87077
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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