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Object Number 48-56-70/3118
Display Title Wooden sword with shark's teeth and human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sword, wood shaft, 3 rows of sewn shark teeth, braided hair and fiber bands
Classification
  • Sword
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Ellice Island
Dimensions Overall: 99 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm (39 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3118
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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