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Ivory knife and hunting score
Ivory knife and hunting score
Object Number 03-1-10/62766
Display Title Ivory knife and hunting score
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory knife, serrated edge, 1 flat bone object incised with hunting scene
Classification
  • Knife
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (6 9/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 62766
Provenance
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (12/01/1903)
Collector Unknown (01/01/1870-01/01/1876)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (12/01/1903)

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