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Object Number
09-33-70/75412
Display Title
Shell scraper worn as neck pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scrapers, carved tortoise shell, elongated triangles, perforated at point
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Manus Province
/
Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 14.6 x 3.9 x 5.3 cm (5 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
75412
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