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Object Number
88-51-10/50060
Display Title
Slate knife blade (woman's)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, 1 edge sharpened, 1 edge serrated, irregularly shaped
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Lake and Peninsula Borough
/
Ugashik
Additional Geographic Terms
Bristol Bay
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 23 x 0.7 cm (2 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50060 & 127730 [crossed out] & Ugashik/ Alaska/ Fisher & Ugashik/ 41[ crossed ou
Provenance
Collector
W. J. Fisher
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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