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Object Number 99-12-70/53777
Display Title Double-pointed implement once inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, carved wood, pointed ends, round indentations 1 end, ridged, cracked
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Tuamotus Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 57.8 x 5.5 x 6.3 cm (22 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53777
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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