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Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Object Number 23-46-70/D1737.6
Display Title Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife or chipped stone core
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm (1 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1737.6
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller sold by Unknown (Feb. 26,1923)

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Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.1 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Western Australia
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.5 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.4 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.3 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.2 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.11 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.10 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.9 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.8 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
23-46-70/D1737.7 Flint knife (borulla) or core (munda) from which knives are chipped
Knife
Kimberley
Image Not Available for Flint cores, flakes and knives
96-24-40/49149 Flint cores, flakes and knives
Chipped Stone
Brandenburg
Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20875 Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
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