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Object Number 21-14-10/87671
Display Title Woman's knife (musk ox horn handle)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, curved iron blade, horn handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Materials Iron, Horn
Dimensions Overall: 12.2 x 15.9 x 2.7 cm (4 13/16 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87671
Provenance
Provenance Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)

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