Knife Item Number: A2.184 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Long, slender length of grey-white antler with a short metal blade running up the side--blade is attached via metal rivets.
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1937
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- A2.184
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- caribou antler, iron metal and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- drilled, carved, riveted and hammered
- Overall
- height 1.5 cm, width 36.3 cm, depth 2.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Inuinnait
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1937
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0181/0060