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Stabbing knife, slate blade and wooden case (lance point with case?)
Stabbing knife, slate blade and wooden case (lance point with case?)
Object Number 88-51-10/50101
Display Title Stabbing knife, slate blade and wooden case (lance point with case?)
Descriptions
Object Description Stabbing knife, slate blade and wooden case (lance point with case?)
Inventory Description Spear, stone point with wooden scabbard
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nunivak Island
Materials Stone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 3 x 2.1 cm (11 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 50101 & SI 16366 & 1104 / Nunivak / W.H.Dall
Provenance
Collector William Healey Dall
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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