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Bone weaving tool
Object Number 32-61-50/B5171
Display Title Bone weaving tool
Descriptions
Object Description Bone weaving tool carved flat but has a gentle concave curve. One end is wide with a tapered edge, narrowing on the opposite end (the opposite end has broken and lost). Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description Curved bone, 1 end slanted point, other spatulate, brown pigment traces
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Merina
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Madagascar
Materials Bone, Pigment, Pigment?
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm (5 3/8 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-61-50/B/5171; 184312; 487

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