Knife
P1861A
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Alyekwe |
| Object Number | P1861A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Stone | Gum |
| Description | A stone knife with a gum covered handle. The pale-yellow blade comes to a point, and the handle is a short, reddish-brown knob. The collector, J.T. Huston, incorrectly spelled the native name of this object as peeta. |
| Length | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 4 - Other Number |
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