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1886.1.763

Knife with wooden handle, bone foreshaft and iron tip. [El.B 25/04/2012]


1886.1.763

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Collection type
Object
Description
Knife with wooden handle, bone foreshaft and iron tip. [El.B 25/04/2012]
Long description
Knife with wooden handle, bone foreshaft and iron tip. The bone and the iron tip are attached with ?sinew. At the joint of the wood and the bone is a ?leather sleeve. The handle is perforated at the butt. [El.B 25/04/2012]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Francis Harding
Field collector HMS Griper
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1824
Date collected
?On or before 1824
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Bone, Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Animal Sinew, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 217 mm, Depth: max 7 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.763 Other numbers: 326 763

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Knife