Shark tooth knife

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Object Number 00-8-70/55594

Display Title Shark tooth knife

Descriptions

Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, perforated sides, fiber lashed shark's teeth, fiber tie

Classification

Knife

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Kiribati

Additional Geographic Terms North

Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Shark tooth

Dimensions Overall: 33 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm (13 x 1 7/8 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 55594

Provenance

Collector Alexander Agassiz

Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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