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Object Number 32-68-70/D3978
Display Title Boab nut
Descriptions
Inventory Description Nut, elongated oval shape, stem attached, point at base, seeds inside
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Derby
Materials Nut
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 25.5 x 8.8 cm (3 7/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/3978; 345
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1910)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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