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Object Number
88-51-10/49979.1
Display Title
Ivory knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved ivory knife, incised linear design, slit in handle.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Unlaktologamut Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Unlaktologamut
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 28.4 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm (11 3/16 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49979; (38114) / Unlaktologamute
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1838-1886)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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