Carving knife

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Object Number 98-18-10/52092

Display Title Carving knife

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, nailed to bone handle, leather lashing, curved shape

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Sinrarmiut

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area

Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of

Materials Metal, Bone, Leather

Dimensions Overall: 23.1 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm (9 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 52092

Provenance

Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)

Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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