Snow knife

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Culture/People: Kalaallit [Greenland]
Collector: Dr. Thorild Wulff, Non-Indian, 1877-1917
Previous owner: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

Collection History: Collected by Thorild Wulff (1877-1917, a Swedish botanist and polar explorer) between 1916 and 1917; formerly in the collection of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum (Stockholm, Sweden); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in 1922.
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Place: Skansen; Qeqertarsuaq Municipality; Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Island Name: Disko Island
Island Grouping: Greenland Islands
Geographical Areas: Eastern Arctic

See related items: Kalaallit [Greenland]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/487
Barcode: 110487.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Snow knife
Media/Materials: Animal Bone, hide thong/babiche
Techniques: Carved, perforated

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws681294cb1-a3c2-47e6-b886-f00e7714dbd4

Record ID: NMAI_119092