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Object Number 36-105-70/449
Display Title Wing bone of flying fox--used for making baskets, scratching lice, etc.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked bone, tube, angled point
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 18.2 x 1.1 x 1 cm (7 3/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/449

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