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Antler snow knife
Object Number 21-14-10/87676
Display Title Antler snow knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snow knife or snow scraper, carved antler
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 40.3 x 5 x 1.4 cm (15 7/8 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87676.
Provenance
Provenance Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)

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