Hard wood digging stick

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Object Number 64-18-70/4301

Display Title Hard wood digging stick

Descriptions

Inventory Description Paddle, ovate blade, natural surface, tapered at handle end

Classification

Paddle

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Dani

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 155.5 x 9.9 x 3.9 cm (61 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 64-18-70/4301

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