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Ivory knife
Object Number 88-51-10/50213
Display Title Ivory knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory knife, incised linear design, 6 carved loops on handle.
Classification
  • Knife
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm (9 1/2 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50213; (32888) / Norton Sd. / Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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