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Knife
Object Number 98-18-10/52096
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, wood handle lashed with leather cord, nail hammered to form blade
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 Wood, Leather, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm (5 11/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52096, 58 [pencilled on]
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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