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Ivory knife with incised design and single perforation
Ivory knife with incised design and single perforation
Object Number 88-51-10/50284
Display Title Ivory knife with incised design and single perforation
Descriptions
Object Description Ivory knife with incised design and single perforation
Inventory Description Knife, ivory, incised and pigmented geometric designs - handle, blade top
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Aiakamut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Sledge Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 15.6 x 1.8 x 1 cm (6 1/8 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50284
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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