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Object Number 39-17-70/1158
Display Title Series of small carved sago hammers ("karmi") - one cut off as needed +
Descriptions
Object Description Series of small carved sago hammers ("karmi") - one cut off as needed +
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved consecutive flaring cones, knobbed end, cracked
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea?
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 58.3 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm (22 15/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1158

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Sago pounder or "kaprit," made of wooden head ("karmi") driven into +
39-17-70/1157 Sago pounder or "kaprit," made of wooden head ("karmi") driven into +
Mortar
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Utilized Antler
Switzerland
Hammers made of antler
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Utilized Antler
St. Aubin
Tools (hammers?) made of antler. Cervid, antler.
71-19-40/5077 Tools (hammers?) made of antler. Cervid, antler.
Utilized Antler
Switzerland
Wooden hammers
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Tools
Raw Material
Colombia
Image Not Available for 3 grooved hammers
66-42-10/45340 3 grooved hammers
Atlanta
Image Not Available for Small biface stone hammers or choppers
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Taylor County
Tools/hammers made of antler. Cervid, Antler.
71-19-40/5125.1 Tools/hammers made of antler. Cervid, Antler.
Utilized Antler
Switzerland
Image Not Available for Heavy stone bifaces used as scrapers or hammers
38-87-10/18322 Heavy stone bifaces used as scrapers or hammers
Taylor County
Tools/hammers made of antler. Cervid, antler
71-19-40/5125 Tools/hammers made of antler. Cervid, antler
Utilized Antler
Switzerland
Tools/hammers made of antler
71-19-40/5125.2 Tools/hammers made of antler
Utilized Antler
Switzerland
Image Not Available for Hammers and celts "platform"
19-47-40/E2647 Hammers and celts "platform"
Neolithic Site