Bone knife the handle is slightly narrower than the blade. The bone is hollowed out to create a concave shape. [RH [OPS Move] 19/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bone knife the handle is slightly narrower than the blade. The bone is hollowed out to create a concave shape. [RH [OPS Move] 19/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region [Baffin Island] Pond Inlet unnamed grave
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Field collector Henry Toke Munn; PRM source Henry Toke Munn
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Thule Culture
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1925
Materials and processes: Material Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 10 mm, Length: max 228 mm, Width: max 26 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.11.9 Other numbers: 1925.139

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