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Object Number 56-41-70/3797
Display Title Marquesan stone head breaker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved porous stone, rounded, tapered towards top, grooved center
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Austral Islands / Tubuai
Additional Geographic Terms Austral Islands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 11 x 9 cm (4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-41-70/3797

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