Walrus ivory model of a snow knife or panna, which is part of a collection of ethnographical material made by Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878).

The item would have been made for sale to Europeans and Back met Inuit anxious to trade ivory carvings in Hudson Strait on 12 August 1819 and 5 August 1836 (there was a tradition of ivory carving established on Baffin Island). The originals of the three model snow knives in the group were used in different parts of the Arctic - mainly the central area. This shape of this example resembles those used by the Copper Inuit or Inuinnait.