Lady's knife with walrus tusk handle

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Object Number 66-47-10/44399

Display Title Lady's knife with walrus tusk handle

Descriptions

Object Description Lady's knife with walrus tusk handle

Inventory Description Knife, ulu, curved iron blade, cylindrical bone handle, incised design

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Arctic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Greenland

Additional Geographic Terms West Coast

Materials Iron, Bone

Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 9.1 x 1.2 cm (2 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 66-47-10/44399

Provenance

Collector Dr. Henrik Deichmann (1901-1911)

Donor Dr. Elisabeth Deichmann (1966)

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