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Knife
Object Number 25-49-60/D2535
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood handle, angled end, triangular, tapered blade inserted
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Uilta
  • Orok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia / Sakhalin Island
Additional Geographic Terms Sakhalin Island, Northern
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm (9 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2535, 90

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