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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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