Carpenter's knife iron blade, yew handle

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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

Materials Wood, Metal, Rawhide

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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