Knife Handle
33-37-673
From: United States of America | Alaska | Palu:Tat
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 33-37-673 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Prehistoric Eskimo |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Palu:Tat |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | E 6" below surface |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Roughly cut bed for the blade. Shouldered on opposite side for a lashing. Medial line on side opposite blade, bifurcated at butt. Blade was evidently of stone. Handle broken out at bottom. Soft wood. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Length | 12 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933 |
| Other Number | X-4 - Field No SF |
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