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Object Number 21-14-10/87669.1
Display Title Man's working knife and sharpener
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sharpener, carved bone, perforated at end w/ braided sinew cord. metal surface f
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (5 3/8 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-14-10/87669.1
Provenance
Provenance Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)

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Man's working knife and sharpener
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Earring
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Notched Ground Stone
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