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Wooden knife sheath
Object Number 67-10-10/380
Display Title Wooden knife sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife sheath, carved wood, 2 halved lashed with sinew
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm (4 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 67-10-10/380
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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