Knife
P1863A
From: Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Alyekwe |
| Object Number | P1863A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Arrernte |
| Provenience | Australia | Northern Territory | Central Australia |
| Locus | South Australia [Historic Attribute] |
| Period | Late Colonial Australia Period |
| Date Made | 1850-1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Stone | Gum |
| Description | A stone knife with a gum handle. The blade is pale, large and rough with a small, rounded brown handle. “Used for circumcision and similar ceremonial operations.” (Collector’s Object List) |
| Length | 26.5 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907 |
| Other Number | 6 - Other Number |
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