Inughuit (Polar Eskimo) knife
Greenland tool
14 1/2 x 1 x 1/2 in. (37 x 3 x 1 cm)Inuit (aka Eskimo, Inuk) Primary
Object Type:
tool
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
iron on bone
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
1966.45
This iron-bladed knife with a bone handle shows long use. the blade is reworked from some other tool, perhaps a bayonet. By the late 19th century, Inughuit men were making many tools from imported industrial steel.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Gallery C 1967-1998 , 1/1/1967 - 7/1/1998
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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