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Object Number
64-18-70/4315
Display Title
Pig tusk graver with fiber handle (wam aik)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Graver, white bone or shell, wrapped with brown fiber
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu area
Materials
Bone? Shell? Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 44 × 16 × 16 mm (1 3/4 × 5/8 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64.18.70/4315
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