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Bird beaks
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Object Number 13-50-10/91489
Display Title Bird beaks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bones
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Dukes County / Chilmark / Site n
Intrasite Pit near graves
Additional Geographic Terms South shore cliff on west end of Chilmark Pond
Provenance
Collector Samuel J. Guernsey (1912-1913)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1912-1913)

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Media Restricted
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Necklace
Shaft, modified
United States
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Necklace
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Jabiru beaks
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Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Jabiru beaks
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Faunal
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
"Parrot beaks"
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Modified Lithic
Raw Material
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Carving
Madang Province
Bird beak, broken with soil remenents
2008.1.209 Bird beak, broken with soil remenents
Bone
Awatovi
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Mask
Liberia
Jabiru beak
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Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Jabiru beak
30-54-70/D3452.3 Jabiru beak
Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Back ornament with feathers and beak attached
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Ornament
Indonesia
New Guinea
Jabiru beak
30-54-70/D3452.1 Jabiru beak
Ornament
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land