Knife

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Culture/People: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]
Collector: Captain Joseph-Fidèle Bernard (Captain Joseph Bernard), Non-Indian, 1878-1972
Previous owner: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)
Seller: Alaska Fur Company (Hudson Bay Fur Company)

Collection History: Collected between 1910 and 1922 by Joseph-Fidèle Bernard (1878-1972, captain of the schooner "Teddy Bear" and collector of Arctic material); purchased by MAI from the Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Washington) in 1922.
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Place: Coronation Gulf; Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/3274
Barcode: 113274.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Knife
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Carved, notched

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66c6a3de7-ab81-4c54-baa7-536bfed04260

Record ID: NMAI_122102