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Object Number 36-27-70/345
Display Title Shark tooth duelling knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, shark teeth along one edge, plant fiber cord
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yir Yoront
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / Far North Queensland
Additional Geographic Terms Coleman River; Cape York Penninsula
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm (9 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-27-70/345
Provenance
Collector Mr. R. Lauriston Sharp (11/1934-06/1935)
Donor Donated by Mr. R. Lauriston Sharp (2/19/1936-8/07/1936)

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