- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Polished shell, ground at edge to form blade.
- Geographical reference
- New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen)
- Cultural groups
- Arawe
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 08/1937
- Date collected
- June 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Dimensions
- Height: max 5 mm, Depth: max 78 mm, Length: max 87 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1192 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1124
Search terms: Food and Drink, Tool, Knife, Food Accessory
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