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Woman's knife
Object Number 06-25-10/66318
Display Title Woman's knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, ground stone blade, semi-circular wood handle, handle stained
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1901
Culture
  • Qaluyaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Vancouver
Materials Wood, Metal, Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 11 x 1.9 cm (3 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66318
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1906
Provenance
Collector I. Albert Lee (1905)
Donor I. Albert Lee (1906)

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