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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.83 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name knife Description Pair of knives made of wood with three shark's teeth (on each knife) sunk into its length using two-ply twisted vegetable fibre binding and a vegetable fibre cord for carrying. The cord secures the pair together. Handwritten tied-on label: 'Instruments of warfare from New Zealand 1938.1.83 Mrs Carritt. Presented by Mrs Carritt. Index card reads 'possibly for cutting meat'. Production place Polynesia, New Zealand Production period 19th Century Material wood, Shark Tooth, vegetable fibre Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.83
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

knife
Description

Pair of knives made of wood with three shark's teeth (on each knife) sunk into its length using two-ply twisted vegetable fibre binding and a vegetable fibre cord for carrying. The cord secures the pair together. Handwritten tied-on label: 'Instruments of warfare from New Zealand 1938.1.83 Mrs Carritt. Presented by Mrs Carritt. Index card reads 'possibly for cutting meat'.
Production place

Polynesia, New Zealand
Production period

19th Century
Material

wood, Shark Tooth, vegetable fibre

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