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Object Number 94-57-10/R46
Display Title Woman's knife. Wood handle, blade of ground slate. Blade is ground bifacially.
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's knife. Handle of wood, blade of ground slate. Blade is ground bifacially.
Inventory Description Knife, ulu, carved wood handle, slate blade with curved blade, broken
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Wood, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 x 7.2 x 1.3 cm (2 5/16 x 2 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\46
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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