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Object Number 64-18-70/4458
Display Title Small mammal tooth graver (bpake aik)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Faunal bone graver, lower left jaw fragment of muridae [rat], with four back teeth and one fore tooth
Classification
  • Faunal
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, Tooth
Dimensions Overall: 39 × 6 × 15 mm (1 9/16 × 1/4 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64.18.70/4458

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