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Object Number 23-46-70/D1727
Display Title Medical bone, mahredi corrada
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, hollowed bone shaft, incised, closed with resin one end, painted black
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Dimensions Overall: 17.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (6 13/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D1727
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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