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Object Number
25-46-70/D2433
Display Title
Bone implements for making stone spear heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bone tool, faunal ulna, worked, tapered to point at one end
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
<City>
/
Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Drysdale River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm (6 1/16 × 1 × 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-2433
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-46-70/D2433.1 | Bone implements for making stone spear heads |
Tools
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Drysdale River
Western Australia | |
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for 2 fragments of clay pottery making implements
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