Knife
- Culture/People
- Deh Gah Got'ine (Slavey) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Lady Jane Franklin (Jane Griffen/Mrs. John Franklin), Non-Indian, 1791-1875
- Collector
- Sir John Franklin, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Sophia Cracroft (Sophy Cracroft), Non-Indian, 1816-1892
- Previous seller
- Miss LeFroy, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Collection History
- Said to have been collected in 1825 by explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847); inherited by his wife Lady Jane Franklin (1791-1875); inherited by Lady Franklin’s niece Sophia Cracroft (1816-1892), who accompanied her on her travels; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1911 from Miss LeFroy (a niece of Sophia Cracroft’s); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1912.
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- Place
- Northwest Territories; Canada
- See related items
- Deh Gah Got'ine (Slavey)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/9791
- Barcode
- 029791.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Knife
- Media/Materials
- Metal, animal bone, hide
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Record ID
- NMAI_31737