Knife model
- Museum number:
- 2-46997
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020046997
- Alternate number:
- 8 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2526
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Curved handle with incised and darkened dots. Made of ivory.
- Donor:
- Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk
- Culture or time period:
- Canadian cultures and Inuit
- Maker or artist:
- Juanasiluk Ivqumiak
- Collector:
- Nelson H.H. Graburn
- Collection date:
- June 1968 - July 1968
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Accession date:
- 1969
- Context of use:
- Snow knife. Made and used by men for cutting snow blocks for igloo, etc., in winter. Used with levering motion.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 11.6 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-