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Grinding mills
Object Number 30-54-70/D3458.3
Display Title Grinding mills
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hammerstones, ground stones, angular with recessed pits on sides
Classification
  • Hammer
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4.9 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm (1 15/16 x 3 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3458.3
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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