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Iron knife
Object Number 99-12-10/53658
Display Title Iron knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, dagger, fluted shaft, split and flared handle, leather wrapped
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms USA, Northwest Coast
Materials Iron, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 30.2 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm (11 7/8 x 3 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-10/53658
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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