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Object Number 63-29-70/4152
Display Title Pig femur pandanus knife (dowundur)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, socket end, split grooved and worked blunt tip
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Gonda, Swart, Valley
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm (5 1/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4152

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