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Object Number 40-47-60/7051
Display Title Iron knife with carved wooden handle and sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, iron blade, carved wooden grip and sheath
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu?
  • Yezo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Ishikari / Hokkaido
Materials Iron, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 37.5 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm (14 3/4 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-47-60/7051
Provenance
Collector William Penn Brooks (1876-1888)
Donor Dr. Sumner C. Brooks (1940)
Donor Mrs. George A. Drew (1940)

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