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Object Number
29-26-10/98395
Display Title
Snow knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bone snow knife, curved blade, perforated at end of handle, incised design
Classification
- Tools
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 23.5 x 2.6 x 0.9 cm (9 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98395
Provenance
Collector
Mr. George F. Willey
(1906-1907 - 1929)
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