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Object Number
80-22-70/22476
Display Title
Cutting implement - glass fragments bound to stick with tree gum
Descriptions
Object Description
Cutting implement - glass fragments bound to stick with tree gum
Inventory Description
Knife, cylindrical wooden stick, handle tapered, jagged thin greenish-brown glass fragments adhered to stick at head, glass adhered with dried black resin
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Australia
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Western Australia
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<County>
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<City>
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King George Sound
Additional Geographic Terms
King George Sound
Materials
Wood , Glass , Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 43.5 × 2.9 × 1.7 cm (17 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22.476
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Liversedge
Donor
Donated by
Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins
(1880)
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