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Object Number 64-18-70/4545
Display Title Bees wax for finishing spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, lump of resin, wrapped with plant leaves
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4545

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