Knife

17780

From: Greenland | Inglefield Gulf

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 17780
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Greenland | Inglefield Gulf
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Tusk | Horn (animal part) | Seal Skin
Description

Walrus tusk with deer horn handle bound with seal skin thongs. Used for stabbing seals after capture.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. H. Emerson Wetherill, 1894

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