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Object Number 00-8-70/55548
Display Title Bone thatching needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved bone, hollowed with open slit
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm (4 13/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55548

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