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Object Number 37-98-70/717
Display Title Wooden measuring stick for pigs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term afore baur
Inventory Description Measuring device, wood stick, incised marks, perforated at one end, bark strip
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 106.4 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (41 7/8 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/717

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