Slate vegetable knife (gabo)

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Object Number 63-29-70/4150

Display Title Slate vegetable knife (gabo)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, ground stone, slate, no handle

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

West Dani

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia

Additional Geographic Terms Gonda, Swart, Valley

Materials Stone

Dimensions Overall: 25.4 x 3.1 x 0.7 cm (10 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 63-29-70/4150

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