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Bivalve shell
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Object Number 30-54-70/D3445
Display Title Bivalve shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, shell, bivalave
Classification
  • Shell
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Northeast
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 9.1 x 2.7 cm (3 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D / 3445
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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Faunal Remain
Faunal Remain
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