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Ivory knives
Object Number 88-51-10/49983
Display Title Ivory knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ivory knives, carved, incised handles.
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kangigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kuskog### Region?; Kongiamut
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 34.1 x 4 x 0.6 cm (13 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 49983 & Alaska...Nelson & 36956 & 36599 & 36602 & Kangigmiut
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1838-1886)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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