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Object Number
67-24-10/645
Display Title
Blubber knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, iron blade, handle wrapped with plant fiber
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Additional Geographic Terms
Anderson River
Materials
Iron, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 42.2 x 2.8 x 1 cm (16 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-24-10/645; 2076
Provenance
Provenance
Robert MacFarlane
(?)
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