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Object Number
00-8-70/55592
Display Title
Shark tooth knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knife, carved wood, tapered, perforated, strung with fiber, five shark's teeth, knotted and braided cord
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms
North
Materials
Shark tooth, Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 36.5 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm (14 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55592; 125-44
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Knife
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| 00-8-70/55594 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
Kiribati
| |
| 12-37-70/84231 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
Kiribati
| |
| 44-7-70/2261 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
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| |
| 26-21-70/D2695 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
Oceania
| |
| 44-7-70/2262 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
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| |
| 36-27-70/345 | Shark tooth duelling knife |
Knife
|
Far North Queensland
| |
| 09-33-70/75417 | Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 00-8-70/55593 | Shark tooth knife |
Knife
|
Kiribati
| |
| 09-33-70/75419 | Woman's shark tooth weapon |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 09-33-70/75418 | Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string |
Knife
|
Durour Island
Aua Island | |
| 99-12-70/53572 | Knife |
Knife
|
Hawaii
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