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Disk of shell?; bone?; stone?; fossil?
Disk of shell?; bone?; stone?; fossil?
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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