CULTURAL CONTEXT : Snowhouse construction; snow knives are used to cut blocks of snow from snow banks.
DESCRIPTION : A crescent shaped knife of bone with both edges bifacially worked. The proximal end has been shaped into a handle with a tang at the end to act as a stop for the hand. A hole has been drilled through the thickness of the knife at the junction of the blade and handle. Gift of L.A. Learmonth GEO-CULTURAL AREA : Central Arctic
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP : Inuit-Inupiaq
CULTURE : Iglulik Inuit
NATURAL REGION : Somerset Island; Batty Bay
PROVINCE : Northwest Territories
PERIOD : 19th Century
MATERIAL : Bone
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE : Carved
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