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Object Number
18-25-70/D980
Display Title
Tortoise shell lime knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tool, worked tortoise shell, narrow, flat, rounded ends, perforations, worn 1 en
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Northeast Coast
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 2.7 x 0.4 cm (8 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 980
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