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Hafted stone knife with gum handle
Hafted stone knife with gum handle
Object Number 36-122-70/569.1
Display Title Hafted stone knife with gum handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, stone blade, wood handle with painted designs, resin
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Warramunga?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / <County> / Tennant Creek
Additional Geographic Terms North
Materials Stone Wood Resin Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 29.8 x 6.9 x 2.8 cm (11 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-122-70/569.1
Provenance
Intermediary Dr. Hallam L. Movius, Jr.
Previous owner Previously owned by Robert Pulleine
Seller Estate of Dr. Robert Pulleine (11/19/1936)

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