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Object Number
99-12-70/53502
Display Title
Bone meri or club
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Club, carved bone, flared, flat head, incised handle, perforated
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm (16 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53502
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53501 | Stone meri or club |
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