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Object Number 47-54-70/2657
Display Title Quartzite drill point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Point, triangular, chipped quartzite
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kaikai's Beach
Materials Quartzite
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2657 / D.47.27
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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