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Stone celt
Object Number 05-2-70/64853
Display Title Stone celt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, ground stone, abrader?
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1904
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 10 x 9 cm (13 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64853
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (12/20/1904)
Expedition Albatross Expedition (1904-1905)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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