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Object Number 47-54-70/2622
Display Title Bone bird spear point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Projectile point, carved bone, 4 barbs, broken
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kuri Bush
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6.3 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm (2 1/2 x 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2622/ D.41.454/ Kurri Bush.
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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