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Object Number 88-51-10/50379
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife
Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, hafted to split bone handle, lashed with leather cord
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Mackenzie River District B.A.; Fort Anderson
Materials Bone, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm (4 3/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50379 & [9455]
Provenance
Provenance Robert MacFarlane (1838-1886)

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