Pig bone knife

Museum number:
11-38480
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110038480
Accession number:
Acc.2219
Description:
Knife of pig bone; used as cutting tool, e.g. to cut sweet potatoes, tubers, fruity species of pandanus
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
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pig bone knife, accession number 11-38480, described as Knife of pig bone; used as cutting tool, e.g. to cut sweet potatoes, tubers, fruity species of pandanus

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