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Letter Opener3261/100

Letter opener with copper handle with engraved design. Blade is tusk or bone; inscription on blade reads "ALASKA".

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
copper metal and walrus tusk ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Letter Opener | Knife2.5E2022
Knot Opener?60/7045

THE STEFANSSON-ANDERSTON ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM: PRELIMINARY ETHNOLOGICAL REPORT. STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS, 14, 1914

Culture
Eskimo: Copper
Material
bone and hide
Made in
Coronation Gulf, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Knot Opener60.1/5375

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone and ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Knot Opener60.1/5374

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone and ivory
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Letter Opener2189/18

Souvenir letter opener carved from one piece of wood. The blade has a pointed knife-like tip, and the handle has a pointed butt end, rounded sides that curve inwards and flare back outwards from the neck. There is an inscription written in black ink on one side of the blade that says "Betelhem".

Culture
Palestinian ?
Material
olive wood ? and ink
Made in
Palestine ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Letter Opener527/21

Letter opener with handle in the shape of an eagle head. Blade is decorated with painted designs.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood, paint and lacquer
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Letter OpenerH1.43

Metal letter opener with unsharpened blade and two, cut out, cast, pre-Columbian style figures; each on either side of the handle.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
silver metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Letter OpenerA2.253

Elongated spatula-like opener with a handle shaped like a fish; incised details emphasized with black and red colouring.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk ? or ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Letter Opener3584/10

Letter opener with handle carved into a seal. Seal is depicted in profile with facial features and flippers incised along body, mouth is carved open; all incisions are coloured in with pigment(?). Mouth and flipper outlines done in brown; whiskers, eyes, nostrils, and highlights along flippers are done in black. Blade extends from bottom of seal's hind flippers; rounds out slightly at centre before tapering to a sharp point. Top of blade has a central ridge; bottom is flat.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
walrus tusk and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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