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Object Number
27-56-70/D2867
Display Title
Bone dagger, broken
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dagger, worked bone, partially hollow, brown rounded socket, broken tip
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Eiland, Mapi River; upper waters of
Materials
Animal bone
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 4.6 x 4.9 cm (11 7/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 2867
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