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Lime container
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Object Number 30-71-70/L59
Display Title Lime container
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Tambonum; Sepik River, Middle

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Tools
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Raw Material
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Jar
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