Knife

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Culture/People: Copper Inuit
Previous owner: Uloqsaq (Uluksuk), Copper Inuit, ca. 1887-1929; John Edward Freeman Wight (J.E.F. Wight), Non-Indian, 1887-1959; Corporal Robert Wight (Robert Stanley Stuart Wight), Non-Indian, 1888-1929

Collection History: Formerly owned by Uloqsaq (Uluksuk, Copper Inuit, ca. 1887-1929); taken from him in 1916 when he was arrested for the 1913 murder of two priests by John Edward Freeman Wight (1887-1959, a constable with the North-West Mounted Police); given or transferred by John Wight to his brother Corporal Robert Stanley Stuart Wight (1888-1929, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1923.
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Place: Victoria Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Victoria Island
Island Grouping: South Canadian Arctic Islands

See related items: Copper Inuit; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 12/493
Barcode: 120493.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Knife
Media/Materials: Animal Bone, copper, sinew
Techniques: Carved, wrapped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6bd7fd2c5-a3fe-442a-a75d-34b8bd205abf

Record ID: NMAI_129809