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Object Number
36-122-70/570.2
Display Title
Sheath for stone knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sheath, fiber bundle, wrapped with twisted fiber cordage, white pigment
Classification
- Sheath
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
<County>
/
Tennant Creek?
Additional Geographic Terms
North
Materials
Pigment Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm (7 11/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-122-70/570.2
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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