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- Yup'ik peoples
- story knife, late 1800s–1948
- Where object was made: District of Alaska or Alaska Territory (present-day Alaska), United States
- walrus tusk, carving
- Object Length/Width: 29.5 x 4 cm
Object Length/Width: 11 5/8 x 1 9/16 in - Gift of George W. Traw
- Not on display
- 2007.0584
- Yup'ik peoples
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The blade-like piece of ivory is wider on one end and rounded. It has a small section of teeth at the point and two small knobs on the narrow end.
It once had a leather loop to fasten around the wrist. It was used for cutting snow for igloo construction or for drawing in the snow.