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Object Number
23-47-70/D1797
Display Title
Shark skin file
Descriptions
Inventory Description
File, carved wood triangle, wrapped with rough hide, one side torn
Classification
- Woodworking
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Santa Cruz Islands
Materials
Hide, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 13 x 2.2 cm (9 15/16 x 5 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1797
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55658 | Sharks skin file |
Tools
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 29-75-50/H930 | File |
Woodworking
|
Liberia
| |
| 00-8-70/55582 | Shark skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55581 | Shark skin-headed drum |
Percussion
|
Ine Village
| |
| 00-8-70/55611 | Shark's skin armor worn over, in some instances, under 00-8-70/55608 |
Plate
|
Kiribati
| |
| 76-20-10/10086 | Toy, made of end of cucurbit gourd (game hokian - see x-file for score) |
Toy
|
United States
| |
| 99-12-70/53381 | Piece of shark's skin |
Faunal
|
Oceania
| |
| 00-8-70/55316 | Rasp for sandal-wood |
Woodworking
|
Fiji
| |
| 986-14-10/60040 | Vise for holding ash slabs |
Woodworking
|
United States
| |
| 46-78-70/2438 | Shark's tooth sword whose foundation is light rough wood |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 46-78-70/2437 | Shark's tooth sword whose foundation is light rough wood |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 48-17-30/7119 | Wood and metal blow pipe sander (ufacuk tsatsaku) |
Woodworking
Raw Material |
Conejo
|