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Bone or ivory knife with single perforation
Bone or ivory knife with single perforation
Object Number 88-51-10/50262
Display Title Bone or ivory knife with single perforation
Descriptions
Object Description Bone or ivory knife with single perforation
Inventory Description Knife, bone, perforated rectangular handle, curved blade
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Ayaasariarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Nome
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.9 x 1.8 x 0.6 cm (5 1/2 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50262, 45358 [crossed out], C. Nome
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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