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Maker(s):Anonymous
Culture:Native American; Inuit
Title:Snow Knife/Snow Saw
Date Made:1800s-1900s
Type:Armament
Materials:ivory (walrus)
Place Made:United States; Inuit Nunangat (Northern Canada--Nunavut, northern Ontario, Newfoundland, Labrador, Northwest Territories); Northern Alaska; Little Diomede Island; Alaska
Measurements:length: 10 3/8 in.; 26.3525 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.128
Credit Line:Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Incised bird featured on handle of snow knife/saw, with minor incised decorations seen on the blade--reminiscent of scrimshaw. AP2018

Tags:
knives

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