Physical Description
Knife with blade made from flaked quartzite. Handle made from spinifex grass resin and decorated with black and white ochre. Sheath made from bark and bound with fur string and coated with kaolin.
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Object/Medium
Knife, hafted
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Locality
Specific locality unrecorded, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia
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Object Measurements
180 mm (Length), 51 mm (Width), 17 mm (Height)
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Francis J. Gillen, 30 May 1899
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