FMNH 132020.2

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History | 37-9 | Country Australia | Locality Tennants Creek Northern Terr. | People Warramunga Stock | Name Knife. Blade of flaked quartzite. Handle of resin. Sheath of strips of bark wound with fur string and coated with white kaolin. Emu feathers at tip | Collection W. Baldwin Spencer U of Melbourne (Exchange) | Notes | Width 5 cm | Length 18 cm | Height | Price [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 132020 1-2 | 26 | Acc. 1133
Catalog Number: 132020.2
Description: sheath for knife
Materials: bark, animal fur, clay, feather; emu
Cultural Attribution: Warumungu
Locality: Oceania, Australia, Northern Territory, Tennant Creek
Accession Number: [1133] University of Melbourne, Australia (Exchange)
Accession Year: 1911
Other Numbers: 26
Country: Australia
Province/State: Northern Territory
City/Town: Tennants Creek
Collector/Source: University of Melbourne, Australia, W. B. Spencer
EMu IRN: 4357259
GUID: 92f1f8fa-f813-47fb-9a21-8047fea08b57

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