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Object Number 20-44-70/D1330
Display Title Sling stones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stones, carved ovoid, 1 black, braided fiber cord, loops 1 end, raw fiber tuft o
Classification
  • Ammunition
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / New Caledonia
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm (2 3/8 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object D/ 1330/ D-1330

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