AB 12, knife, Inuit, wood, stone, sinew, 23.0 cm x 4.8 cm, Collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada. AB 389, harpoon head, Inuit, stone, antler, copper rivet, 22 cm x 3.5 cm, Collection of Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada.
Inuit stone knife.
Evidence
The stone blade is wrapped with sinew and attached it to the wooden handle.
Perspective
n/a
Significance
The stone would have been very hard and sharpened on flint or dense rock to give it its sharp edge.
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