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Object Number 44-7-70/2262
Display Title Shark tooth knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, ridged, plant fiber lashed sharks teeth on sides
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ming
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands?
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm (10 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-7-70/2262

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