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Bone implements for making stone spear heads
Bone implements for making stone spear heads
Object Number 25-46-70/D2433.1
Display Title Bone implements for making stone spear heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, bone shaft, rounded one end, chipped at joint end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / <City> / Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms Drysdale River
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 2 x 1.4 cm (4 3/4 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2433
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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