Scalping Knife

Scalping Knife

Scalping Knife

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Introduction

A metal knife with a wooden handle identified by an old label as a \"scalping knife\", Anishinaabe, Peter Jones Collection

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Materials

wood, metal

Techniques or Format

a silver coloured top piece is mounted at the top between the blade and the handle, top and bottom sides of the handle are edged with a grooved decorative border

Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E178388-0
GKS Reference Number: 25365
Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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