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Object Number
32-20-10/39
Display Title
Slate knife fitted into a slot in end of a bone handle
Descriptions
Object Description
Slate knife fitted into a slot in end of a bone handle. In two pieces.
Inventory Description
Knife, slate blade, broken, perforated bone handle with rawhide lashing
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Michael Island
Materials
Bone, Rawhide, Stone, Slate
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm (5 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
32-20-10/39
Provenance
Collector
John Munro Longyear
(?)
Donor
Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers
(August 19, 1932)
Donor
Helen F. Paul
(8/19/32)
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