point or knife

point or knife

point or knife

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Introduction

Point or knife made of slate. ROM record and GRASAC trip refers to piece as a point, Dr. O catalogue refers to piece as knife.

Materials

Slate

Techniques or Format

Serrated stem, ground

Other Notes

ROM record: "serrated-tang projectile"

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: HD125
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 46, "Indian Woman's Knives."

GKS Reference Number: 1478
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, point or knife. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, HD125. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1478.

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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