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Knife
Object Number 04-28-10/63511
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, double edged blade, bifurcate handle wrapped with leather strap
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northern Athapaskan
  • Tinne
  • Tanana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Tanana River
Materials Steel, Leather, Deerskin
Dimensions Overall: 28.8 x 7 x 2 cm (11 5/16 x 2 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 63511
Credit Line Exchange with the Department of Anthropology, Unviersity of California, Berkeley, 1904
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall (Unknown)
Exchange participant Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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