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Object Number 39-17-70/1440
Display Title Wooden sago pounder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden pounder, blunt base, tapering to pointed finial, cracked
Classification
  • Pounder
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nuboai
  • Nubuai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Waropen Coast; Geelvink Bay
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 57.9 x 4 x 3.5 cm (22 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
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