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Wooden knife sheath
Object Number 67-10-10/378
Display Title Wooden knife sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife sheath, carved wood, 2 halves lashed together with sinew
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm (5 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 378
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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