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Object Number 09-33-70/75418
Display Title Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, carved wood, spatulate blade with sewn shark teeth at edges, white pigmen
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Durour Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Aua Island
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 0.8 x 2.5 cm (9 1/16 x 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75418; 106785
Provenance
Collector George A. Dorsey (1908)
Donor Dr. John C. Phillips (1909)

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