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Object Number
09-33-70/75442
Display Title
Wooden sword in imitation european knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wooden sword
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Manus Province
/
Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm (28 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75442 / 106762
Provenance
Collector
George A. Dorsey
(1908)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. John C. Phillips
(1909)
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