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Wooden knife sheath
Object Number 67-10-10/379
Display Title Wooden knife sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden knife sheath, bird head on end, wrapped with thread.
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Wood, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 21.6 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm (8 1/2 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-10-10/379
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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