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Snow Knife

Snow Knife

Culture: Copper Inuit people, Alaska

Date: late 19th century
Medium: bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 1 in. (22.9 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1926.134.1
A snow knife or snow saw is a tool used in the construction of igluit (snow houses) by the Inuit people of the Arctic or as a weapon. It was originally made from bone or horn but the Inuit adapted to using metal after the arrival of Europeans.
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