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Smoothing Board
Object Number 96-25-70/49479
Display Title Smoothing Board
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved wood, oblong, rounded ends, orange pigment?
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Materials Wood, Pigment?
Dimensions Overall: 31.6 x 3.1 x 1.5 cm (12 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49479
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1896)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1896)

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