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Nuts on sticks
Object Number 52-4-70/3554
Display Title Nuts on sticks
Descriptions
Object Description Nuts on sticks
Inventory Description Toys, tops, wood sticks tapered at ends, with perforated nuts at one end
Classification
  • Toy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mount Hagen?
  • Chimbu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kundiawa
Additional Geographic Terms Chim River; Wahgi River; Chim, on the; Wahgi, above confluence with
Materials Wood, Nut
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm (5 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52-4-70/3554

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