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Knife or weapon

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Knife or weapon
Dimensions
Height: 1,9 cm
Depth: 3,2 cm
Width: 19,2 cm
Weight: 0,1 kg
Height: 19 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Fish mandible, Plant fibre (coir)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 4986

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1883
    where
    Polynesia
    Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
  • Collecting
    who
    S.M.S. Hyäne
    Otto Weerth - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access unclear, from gunboat S.M.S. Hyena, Otto Weerth 1883
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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