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Object Number
88-51-10/50071
Display Title
Steel knife in antler handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, bone handle, drill indents both sides, notched, perforated metal blade ha
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Bering Strait Eskimo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kauchiung
Materials
Bone, Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 19.1 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm (7 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50071; 119 [pencilled on], 127804 / Kauchiung / FISHER Alaska
Provenance
Collector
W. J. Fisher
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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