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Object Number 09-33-70/75411
Display Title Shell scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, shell fragment, flattened edge on one end, chipped
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 2.7 x 0.3 cm (2 7/8 x 1 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75411; W / 500

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