Knife
A dagger-like knife with an iron blade and bone shaft. The blade is attached with a copper rivet. The nearby 1854 wreck of Robert McClure’s ship ‘Investigator’ would have been a good source of sheet copper and other metal for people frequenting Banks Island. The item was collected by geologist Don Yont in 1961 on Mercy Bay, Banks Island.
Accession No.
2003.008.007
Maker
Unknown
Culture
Inuvialuit
Region
Inuvialuit
Location
Banks Island, Western arctic
Date
1800s
