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Object Number 25-49-60/D2536
Display Title Knife for cleaning fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood handle, angled end, curved 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: 31 x 5 x 1.7 cm (12 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2536

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