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NA1237

From: Alaska | Yukon River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1237
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dene
Provenience Alaska | Yukon River
Culture Area Subarctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Iron
Description

Metal knife with a triangular blade. Hide lashings wrapped around hilt to form handle. 2 spiral projections at the bottom of the handle. Tiny triangles stamped into one side of the blade. Short hash marks etched into the edge of the base of the handle.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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