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Object Number
39-17-70/1118
Display Title
Broken cassowary quill used as nose plug (?) - put through septum
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Faunal bone?, black, glossy, slightly curving, cut ends
Classification
- Bone
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Sanke Doek
Materials
Animal bone
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (5 1/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1118
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