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Object Number 48-56-70/3153
Display Title Flax beater of stone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved stone, oblong, rounded base, indented handle
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 9 x 9 cm (9 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 3153
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)
Donor Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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