point or knife
point or knife
point or knife
Slate elongated knife, point, or bayonet. Collected by Dr. Oronhyatekha; acquired by the ROM in 1911 from the Independent Order of Foresters.
Item has three attributions. ROM record refers to piece as a bayonet. On the GRASAC research trip, the piece is attributed as a point. The Dr. O catalogue refers to piece as a knife.
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Slate
Ground
Published in F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection, 1904
Provenance
F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 51, Item 295. "Stone Knife."
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, point or knife. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.20. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1476.
Record created as a result of a GRASAC-sponsored research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, December 15-19, 2008. Research costs supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant (2007-2010, Ruth Phillips, PI). Record created during post-trip clean up by project RA Lisa Truong, under the supervision of Heidi Bohaker.