Object Details
- Collection History
- Surface collected by a local Native man in 1979 and given to Tom and Rosemary Klos (of Soldotna, Alaska); donated to MAI by Tom and Rosemary Klos in 1982.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Siberian Yupik (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Rosemary Klos, Non-Indian
- Tom Klos, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Rosemary Klos, Non-Indian
- Tom Klos, Non-Indian
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1900
- Object Name
- Snow knife
- Media/Materials
- Walrus bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 25.3 cm
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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