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Object Number 09-8-10/75457
Display Title Hafted knife
Descriptions
Object Description Hafted knife used for tanning. Men's knife.
Inventory Description Knife, chipped obsidian blade hafted to antler or bone handle with resin
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm (6 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75457
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1909 - 1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909 - 1909)

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