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Object Number 48-6-10/29192
Display Title Knife with bone handle and copper blade (in set with scissors 29193)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, copper blade hafted to bone handle, wood wedge in handle attached w/ copp
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm (7 5/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29192
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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