1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tonka truck Hammett sold the company to

Hammett sold the company to a group of Massachusetts investors

8 1/16" t x 1 7/8" w x 1" d

The basket measures 11 1/2" across at widest and 10 1/2" deep

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It appears to have been framed not very long ago--mounted on tannish-cream board and in what looks like a burl wood frame

1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tonka truck Hammett sold the company toAt first I took this scrimshawed blade for a letter opener, but I have since learned that it is, I believe, much more interestingly an Inuit snow knife! From what I have read, some snow knives (as I believe is most likely the case with this smallish, decorated one) were used by young girls as stylists to draw pictures in the snow, with these being passed down from older to younger girls. Other snow knives were used as tools for cutting hard packed