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Ivory snow knife
Object Number 88-51-10/50034
Display Title Ivory snow knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, incised and grooved body and handle, curved tip
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Tuyuryarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay; Togiak River
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 26.3 x 3.4 x 0.8 cm (10 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50034/ 127400/ Togiak R./ Alaska/ Applegate
Provenance
Collector I. Applegate (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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