Ivory knife and hunting score

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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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