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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
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Aua Island
Materials
Wood, Shark tooth, Fiber, Pigment
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-33-70/75417 | Woman's shark tooth weapon, guard, and string |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 09-33-70/75419 | Woman's shark tooth weapon |
Knife
|
Aua Island
Durour Island | |
| 14-31-70/85912 | Shark tooth weapon |
Spear
|
Kiribati
| |
| 54-5-70/3607 | Shark's tooth weapon (shark's teeth on wooden pole) |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 24-11-70/D1972 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55603 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55602 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55605 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55604 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55607 | Shark tooth weapon |
Sword
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55606 | Shark tooth weapon |
Lance
|
Kiribati
| |
| 09-33-70/75434 | Shark tooth weapon |
Spear
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island |