Knife to butcher

Carving knife with caribou antler handle and metal blade: savik in Inuit.

  • Accession Number 2022.18.15
  • Period 20th century
  • Materials antlers, caribou, metal
  • Measurements 2,5 x 21,5 x 5 cm
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Historical context

This skinning knife (savik, in Inuit) is a modern, handcrafted tool inspired by an ancient model that is still in use today. Its sharp, pointed metal blade is inserted and double-riveted into a solid piece of caribou antler, which serves as the handle. Inuit ancestors were already making them during the Thule period, also known as the Inuit period (around 800 to 250 years before present). In the past, the blade was often fashioned from sl...

  • Accession Number 2022.18.15
  • Period 20th century
  • Materials antlers, caribou, metal
  • Measurements 2,5 x 21,5 x 5 cm
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© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, Michel Noël Collection, 2022.018.015
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich

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