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Object Number 23-49-60/D1867
Display Title Bone knife for scaling fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, worked bone, incised linear and biomorphic designs on smooth face
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Goldi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 24.6 x 2.5 x 0.8 cm (9 11/16 x 1 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1867

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