Scissors, Copper Eskimo. Made of bone and copper. (In set with knife 48-6-10/291

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Object Number 48-6-10/29193

Display Title Scissors, Copper Eskimo. Made of bone and copper. (In set with knife 48-6-10/291

Descriptions

Object Description Pair of bone and copper scissos (in st with knife #10/29192) Scissors, Copper Eskimo. Made of bone and copper. (In set with knife 48-6-10/29192) 20x5.5x1.5 cm.

Inventory Description Scissors, carved bone? with metal blades and rivets

Classification

Shears

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Copper Inuit

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Nunavut

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Territory: Coronation Gulf

Materials Bone Steel Copper

Dimensions Overall: 19.6 × 4.7 × 1.2 cm (7 11/16 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-6-10/29193

Provenance

Collector James E. F. Wight (1915)

Seller James E. F. Wight (2/3/1948)

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