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Object Number 00-8-70/55593
Display Title Shark tooth knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, curved tip, perforated, sharks tooth attached, fiber tie
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms North
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (8 11/16 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55593

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