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Stone knife
Object Number 51-33-70/3225.1
Display Title Stone knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone knife, curved blade, set into a rounded handle of clay
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Stone , Resin
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 5.2 x 3 cm (8 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-33-70/3225 / A 4161 / A 4161 C. Aust / 51
Credit Line Exchange with South Australia Museum, 1951
Provenance
Exchange participant Museum of South Australia (6/26/1951)
Intermediary Herbert M. Hale (6/26/1951)
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition

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