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Object Number
88-51-10/50294
Display Title
Woman's knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's knife
Inventory Description
Knife, ulu, metal blade, hafted to carved wood handle, rusted, highly worn
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 11.5 x 1.6 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50294 & 124010\St. Lawrence I.\Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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