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Snow knife
Object Number 24-48-60/D2043
Display Title Snow knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, curved, beveled edge, perforated handle, abraded, worn
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Samoyed
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Additional Geographic Terms North
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 68.1 x 6.1 x 2 cm (26 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2043

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