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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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