Object Number | P1703A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Yapese |
Provenience | Caroline Islands | Yap |
Date Made | Before 1903 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Shell | Wood | Plant Fiber |
Description | Heavy, chunky shell blade attached to wooden handle with lashings of twisted coconut fiber. Blade is cut from the thick part, near the hinge, of a giant clam (Tridacna sp.). |
Length | 50.5 cm |
Width | 31 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1904 |
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