Woman's slate knife blades

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Object Number 04-28-10/63566

Display Title Woman's slate knife blades

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife blades, ground stone, semi-lunar, 2 perforated, broken, chipped

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bering Strait Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Additional Geographic Terms Lower Yukon River

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 13.9 x 4.5 x 0.8 cm (5 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 in.)

Quantity 3

Label on object 63566

Provenance

Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall

Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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	94-57-10/R52	Blade of woman's knife, polished ground slate. No handle, straight back, sharp.	Mechanical	Point Barrow
	94-57-10/R53	Blade of woman's knife. Semi-lunar. Ground bifacially. Thick back.	Mechanical	Point Barrow
Image Not Available for Woman's slate knife blade	88-51-10/50206	Woman's slate knife blade		Alaska
Image Not Available for Woman's knife, handle of wood; blade of slate	94-57-10/R51	Woman's knife, handle of wood; blade of slate		Point Barrow
	94-57-10/R49	Woman's knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate. Handle is carved.	Handle	Point Barrow

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