Story Knife Item Number: 1570/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A lightly coloured piece with a blade and a handle decorated with carved lines painted black. The blade has two lines going across the top with five sets of two small arrow -like lines equally spaced alongside. Another shorter line goes across the bottom only halfway along the blade with four short diagonal lines stemming off of it. The handle is carved into an animal with eyes. Along the handle there are six protruding nodules carved out with holes. There is a geometric pattern in between the handle and the blade.