Hook for hanging objects in house

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Object Number 04-19-70/63320

Display Title Hook for hanging objects in house

Descriptions

Inventory Description Hook, boar mandible, woven plant fiber between tusks

Classification

Hook

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo

Additional Geographic Terms Baram, Sarawak

Materials Bone, Tusk, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 34.6 x 19.2 x 12.9 cm (13 5/8 x 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 63320

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