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Object Number
26-21-70/D2695
Display Title
Shark tooth knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, carved wood, curved blade, plant fiber lashed sharks teeth on sides
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms
Micronesia
Materials
Wood, Shark tooth, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 50.4 x 5 x 2.1 cm (19 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
26-21-70 / D2695
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mr. William L. R. Gifford
(1926)
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