Knife Blade
41-22-20
From: Canada | British Columbia | Fraser River | Lytton
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-22-20 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Fraser River | Lytton |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | old village on north shore |
| Period | Historic |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Nephrite | Jade |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | Thin irregular knife-blade[?] of translucent greenish jade. One slightly convex face. Trapezium shape. Sharp, straight blade, bevelled on both faces. Probably a woman's knife, set in elk-horn handle. Used in sawing nephrite. |
| Height | 0.6 cm |
| Length | 5 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1941 |
| Other Number | 8 - Field No SF |
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