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Object Number 34-36-40/365
Display Title Paper knife, reindeer horn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, bone, antler handle, carved geometric and reindeer figures
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sámi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Norway
Europe / Sápmi
Additional Geographic Terms Hammerfest, near
Materials Antler, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 24.6 x 19 x 5.9 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-36-40/365
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Arnold (Summer 1932)
Donor Weld Arnold (29 March 1934)

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