knife
- Museum number
- Oc1939,05.245
- Description
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Knife made of carved and polished stone.
- Production date
- 19thC to early 20thC (Before 1913 likely)
- Dimensions
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Length: 7.90 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 0.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Stuck on label: 'Hillmen/Utakwa R./D N Guinea/121.'
A small piece of paper accompanies these knives: 'Utakwa River, Hillmen./Netherlands N.Guinea./(Wollaston Expedition)./To be registered
See Wollaston, ‘Pygmies and Papuans’. Haddon & Layard, ‘Ethnographical Collections, Utakwa River, New Guinea’. Rawling, ‘Land of the New Guinea Pygmies’, Eth. Doc. 1018.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1939,05.245
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 121 (Wollaston number)