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Object Number 39-17-70/1117
Display Title Undecorated cassowary bone, used largely for arranging hair or killing
Descriptions
Object Description Undecorated cassowary bone, used largely for arranging hair or killing+
Inventory Description Dagger, worked bone, pointed, knobbed end, ridged, abraded
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 2 x 1.4 cm (9 1/4 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1117

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