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Knife or "mush stick," ivory. Blade is sharply curved and sharpened near tip.
Knife or "mush stick," ivory. Blade is sharply curved and sharpened near tip.
Object Number 94-57-10/R109
Display Title Knife or "mush stick," ivory. Blade is sharply curved and sharpened near tip.
Descriptions
Object Description Knife or "mush stick," ivory. Blade is sharply curved and sharpened near tip.
Inventory Description Knife, carved ivory with 2 anthropomorphic figures at top of blade, incised/pigm
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 26.6 x 3.6 x 1 cm (10 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R/109
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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