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Stone knife with gum handle
Stone knife with gum handle
Object Number 36-122-70/570.1
Display Title Stone knife with gum handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, stone blade, rounded resin handle
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / <County> / Tennant Creek?
Additional Geographic Terms North
Materials Stone Resin Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 22.7 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm (8 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-122-70/570.1
Provenance
Previous owner Previously owned by Robert Pulleine
Intermediary Dr. Hallam L. Movius, Jr.
Previous owner Previously owned by F. J. Gillen
Previous owner Previously owned by Sir Baldwin Spencer
Seller Estate of Dr. Robert Pulleine (11/19/1936)

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