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Sheath for stone knife
Sheath for stone knife
Object Number 51-33-70/3225.2
Display Title Sheath for stone knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sheath, wood, wrapped with fiber cordage, white pigment applied
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Fiber Wood Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm (7 11/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-33-70/3225.2
Credit Line Exchange with South Australia Museum, 1951
Provenance
Exchange participant Museum of South Australia (6/26/1951)
Intermediary Herbert M. Hale (6/26/1951)
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition

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