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Object Number 95-1-70/47745
Display Title Pointed implement of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dagger, worked bone, hollowed, serrated carved end
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 24.2 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm (9 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47745

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