knife
- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.154
- Description
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Knife, of pearl oyster shell, sharpened.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.121:
'154. Shell of pearl oyster, sharpened on the edge to a point, to be used as a knife. Diameter 4 inches. From Louisiade Archipelago.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Acquisition notes
- From the HMS Rattlesnake expedition of 1846-1850.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.154