point or knife

point or knife

point or knife

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Introduction

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.

Materials

Slate

Techniques or Format

Ground

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Published in F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection, 1904

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.20
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 51, Item 295. "Stone Knife."

GKS Reference Number: 1476
How to Cite this Item

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 Creation Context

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.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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