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Object Number 99-1-70/52235
Display Title Bone dagger
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dagger, worked bone, partially hollowed, perforated socket end
Classification
  • Dagger
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 26.2 x 3.6 x 3.9 cm (10 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52235

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