Knife
Maker
Unknown, Inuit?
DateEarly 20th C
MediumBone, leather/hide, steel
Dimensions6 3/4” L
SignedNone
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund
Object numberNA1954.10.HOW
DescriptionCurved knife for cleaning fish with bone handle and steel blade, lashed on with leather strip.
ClassificationsTools / Implements
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