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Object Number
39-17-70/1325
Display Title
Container made "out of something that is found in a shark's stomach"
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shark case container, wrinkled, black, stiff, cut end, rattling object inside
Classification
- Case
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Karon
Materials
Sharkskin
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 6.9 x 2.8 cm (4 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1325
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53381 | Piece of shark's skin |
Faunal
|
Oceania
| |
| 00-8-70/55658 | Sharks skin file |
Tools
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 99-12-70/53383 | Shark's tooth spear |
Spear
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55611 | Shark's skin armor worn over, in some instances, under 00-8-70/55608 |
Plate
|
Kiribati
| |
| 54-5-70/3607 | Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole) |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 2013.8.6.2 | Stencil; Shark's teeth design |
Stencil
|
Fiji
| |
| 33-14-70/21 | Rere (short sword or knife with shark's teeth) |
Sword
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fossil, Pleistocene shark's tooth
| 61-38-10/39121 | Fossil, Pleistocene shark's tooth |
Raw Material
|
Taylor County
| |
| 78-26-10/14636 | Shark's tooth pendant |
Pendant
|
Trenton
| |
| 33-42-20/1961 | Fossil shark's tooth, complete |
Faunal Remain
|
Sitio Conte
| |
| 2005.1.114 | Spear point, perforated, edged with shark's teeth, fiber threaded |
Spear
| ||
| 2004.1.566 | Sharks teeth |
Faunal
|