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Copper knife
Object Number 04-10-10/62985
Display Title Copper knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Large knife, copper blade, carved ivory bear/human head, shell inlay.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Copper, Wood, Ivory, Shell, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 50.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm (19 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/62985
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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