Knife blade of slate or bedded argillite

Museum number:
11-38486
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2219
Description:
knife blade of slate or bedded argillite; rectangular, tapering toward one end; to clean tubers (taro or yam)
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Angkruk village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian cultures
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife blade of slate or bedded argillite, accession number 11-38486, described as knife blade of slate or bedded argillite; rectangular, tapering toward one end; to clean tubers (taro or yam)

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