Iron Snow Knife with Wooden Handle
Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut)
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
collected 1929-1930
Iron and wood (formerly a saw blade)
Overall: 34 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 1 3/16 in. (88.5 × 5 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert O. Fernald, Class of 1936
173.32.25511
Geography
Place Made: Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Snow and Ice
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Exhibition History
Arctic Hot Spot, Hopkins Center Display Case, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 11, 1974.
Montshire Museum of Science Exhibition, Norwich, Vermont, February 13-18, 1987.
Provenance
Collected by Dr. Adelbert W. Fernald (1871-1958) on the 1929 and 1930 MacMillan Expeditions to Baffin Island and Labrador [possibly a gift in return for the free dental work provided by Dr. Fernald]; to his son Robert Osborn Fernald (1914-2003, Class of 1936), Green Village, New Jersey; given to present collection, 1973.
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