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Ivory handle for woman's knife
Ivory handle for woman's knife
Object Number 98-18-10/52098
Display Title Ivory handle for woman's knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory handle for knife, blade broken.
Classification
  • Handle
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm (2 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52098; 68
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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