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Object Number 21-14-10/97883
Display Title Piece of file (sharpener?)
Descriptions
Inventory Description File, end fragment, metal, incised metal filing surface on 2 sides and end
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm (1 5/8 x 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97883
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Piece of file
21-14-10/97884 Piece of file
Mechanical
Nunavut
Man's working knife and sharpener
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Tools
Northwest Territories
Man's working knife and sharpener
21-14-10/87669.2 Man's working knife and sharpener
Knife
Northwest Territories
Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
11-60-10/84036.1 Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
Earring
Alaska?
Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
11-60-10/84035 Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
Pendant
Alaska
Knife sharpener
88-51-10/50032 Knife sharpener
Tools
Alaska
Towolo's personal messenger piece - very old bell made in Europe, attached to tongs.
48-36-50/7313 Towolo's personal messenger piece - very old bell made in Europe, attached to tongs.
Mechanical
Liberia
Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
11-60-10/84036 Pair beaver tooth ear ? pendants, prob. used also as knife sharpeners
Earring
Alaska
Ground stone, notched fragment, possible sharpener
79-43-10/19428 Ground stone, notched fragment, possible sharpener
Notched Ground Stone
Trenton
Image Not Available for Sharpeners.
01-38-10/67645 Sharpeners.
Madisonville
Image Not Available for Stone sharpeners
02-19-10/64419 Stone sharpeners
Coahoma County
Ground stone, notched and grooved, possible sharpener
79-42-10/19230 Ground stone, notched and grooved, possible sharpener
Grooved Stone
Notched Ground Stone
Gloucester County