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Knife made of bone
Object Number 67-10-10/267
Display Title Knife made of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved bone, curved and hollowed
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1794
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm (12 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-10-10\267
Provenance
Collector Capt. James Magee (1794)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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