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Object Number 07-45-70/72610
Display Title Greenstone celts
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axes, ground stone, green stone
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Humbolt Bay
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 6.2 x 3.5 cm (8 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 07-45-70/72610

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