Snow knife

Shaped for a hand grip as well as for attaching to a harpoon shaft. Collected 1826-7 by Peard on the voyage of HMS Blossom.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
51/1916/90
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Tools for farm and craft
Collection Area Region
N
Material
walrus ivory
Common Name
snow knife
Simple Name
knife
Production County
Bering Strait / Northwest Alaska

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