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Object Number
67-24-10/640
Display Title
Esquimo tool for carving
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, metal blade, hafted to split bone handle, lashed with braided sinew
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms
Anderson River
Materials
Bone, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 12.6 x 2 x 1.1 cm (4 15/16 x 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
640
Provenance
Collector
Robert MacFarlane
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1868)
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