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Object Number 44-7-70/2260
Display Title Shark tooth sword
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, wood stick, twisted fiber wrapped, sharks teeth lashed with plant fiber
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ming
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands?
Dimensions Overall: 65.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm (25 13/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-7-70/2260

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