Pocket Knife Item Number: 2912/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Pocket knife with antler casing and metal tools. Implements accompanying the large knife blade are a corkscrew, hole punch/scraper, and a small saw. All open out of the sides of the knife. The tools are attached to the antler casing with small metal finishing nails.
Narrative
Percy F. Broughton is thought to have collected this artifact while he served as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, in Lake Harbour on Baffin Island, from 1911-1912.
Item History
- Made in Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
- Owned by Percy Broughton
- Owned by Erica Milligan and Jennie Milligan before July 25, 2011
- Received from Jennie Milligan (Donor) and Erica Milligan (Donor) on July 25, 2011
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Percy Broughton, Erica Milligan and Jennie Milligan
- Received from
- Jennie Milligan (Donor) and Erica Milligan (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before July 25, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 2011
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2912/0010