Snow Knife Item Number: 60/5315 from the American Museum of Natural History
Exhibitions
ARCTIC ADAPTATIONS: THE EVER-CHANGING ESKIMO (CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, PITTSBURG, PA, USA, 1983)
Publications
SECOND REPORT ON THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY. FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1907
Item History
- Made in Lyons Inlet, Canada
- Received from Capt. George Comer
What
- Name
- Snow Knife
- Identification Number
- 60/5315
- Type of Item
- snow knife
- Material
- bone, ivory ? and string
- Overall
- length 30.5 cm, width 5.0 cm, height 1.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Eskimo
- Received from
- Capt. George Comer
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Lyons Inlet, Canada