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Object Number
83-3-70/28412
Display Title
Palm pith for cleaning teeth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved wood, square in cross section, broken at one end
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13.6 x 1.5 x 1.8 cm (5 3/8 x 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
28.412; Philippine Is.; for Cleaning teeth.; S. Kneeland 1832
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