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Object Number 94-57-10/R45
Display Title Knife. Handle of antler, blade of slate. Top edge of blade is blunted.
Descriptions
Object Description Knife. Handle of antler, blade of slate. Top edge of blade is blunted; edge an
Inventory Description Knife, ground stone blade, carved bone handle w/ incised design and finger grips
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Bone, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 16.4 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (6 7/16 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\45
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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