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Object Number 88-51-10/50380
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife
Inventory Description Knife, metal blade, antler handle with perforations for sinew strip finger grips
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
Dimensions Overall: 15.1 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm (5 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50380 & [7457]\Ft.Anderson R. MacFarlane
Provenance
Provenance Robert MacFarlane (1838-1886)

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