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Object Number
26-53-70/D2691
Display Title
Bone "needle"
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone "needle"
Inventory Description
Needle, carved bone, tapered one end, incised and darkened lines both sides
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Niol-Niol Tribe; N.W. Australia
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 1 x 0.5 cm (5 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2691
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1926)
Seller
Unknown
(1926)
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