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Handle is made from two pieces of bone spliced together and secured with sinew wrapping through 4 circular holes in each surface. Two curved metal blades are inserted into groove on underside. Six additional circular holes through proximal end of handle. Rectangular paper label: "Eskimo Knife. Picked up by me when walking in the neighbourhood of Port Foulke". Knife is mounted in a double-hinged wooden case with rock specimens, fossil leaves, and other fossils with label: "Rock Specimens And other things. Brought back by Lt. Pelham Aldrich, from Grant Land, Nares Expedition, 1875-76. Presented by Mrs. Aldrich."
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