Bone knife - broken in two pieces – Objects

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Object Number 26-63-40/E3226

Display Title Bone knife - broken in two pieces

Descriptions

Object Description Paper cutter. Bone knife - broken in two pieces

Inventory Description Knife, bone, broken, incised/burned design of reindeer and figure, polished, poi

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Sámi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Europe / Sápmi

Additional Geographic Terms Sápmi

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 2.3 x 0.3 cm (4 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object E3226

Provenance

Collector Dr. Martin Luther (1926)

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