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Object Number
00-8-70/55590
Display Title
Shark's tooth knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, carved wood, rounded, tapered ends, perforated, fiber tied sharks tooth
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
/
Gilbert Islands
/
Marakei Island
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Shark tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 15.2 x 3.1 cm (6 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55590
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Oceania
| |
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