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Steel knife in antler handle
Steel knife in antler handle
Object Number 88-51-10/50067
Display Title Steel knife in antler handle
Descriptions
Object Description Steel knife in antler handle
Inventory Description Knife, bone handle, honed and perforated metal blade, hafted with leather cord
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Aglurmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Materials Bone, Metal, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 3.4 x 1.9 cm (10 5/8 x 1 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50067; 55942 / Bristol Bay Alaska / C.L. McKay
Provenance
Collector Charles L. McKay (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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