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Object Number
2006.21.2
Display Title
Disk of shell?; bone?; stone?; fossil?
Descriptions
Object Description
Heavy disk of giant clam shell?; stone?; marine mammal vertebra?; fossil?
Inventory Description
Stone, possibly fossilized coral, center perforation
Classification
- Mineral
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Choiseul Island
Materials
Coral, Clam shell, Stone, Bone, Fossil
Dimensions
Overall: 0.3 x 10 x 8 cm (1/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
CHOISEUL MAYR
Credit Line
Gift of the family of Ernst Mayr
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Ernst W. Mayr
(1932 ca.)
Donor
Susanne Harrison
(5/26/06)
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Tool
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