1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tonka truck 8 1/16" t x 1

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

with just a very little bit of age toning around the edges

10" across at lip and 7 1/2" across at base

though I might want to keep it out all of the time

1928 Scrimshawed Caribou Bone Snow Knife tonka truck 8 1/16" t x 1At 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