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Object Number 30-54-70/D3457.7
Display Title Grinding stones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grinding stones, ground stone, spherical, oval
Classification
  • Grinding stone
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4.7 x 5.5 x 5.7 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3457.7
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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