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Woman's digging stick
Object Number 91-6-70/50609
Display Title Woman's digging stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Digging stick, carved wood, worked to point one end, burn marks, splits
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 171.5 x 22.9 x 2.7 cm (67 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 91-6-70 / 50609
Provenance
Collector A. P. Goodwin
Seller A. P. Goodwin (1891)

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