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White point
Object Number 27-63-60/D3085
Display Title White point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, dried clay fragment, incised with thin grooves
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / <State> / Andaman Islands
Additional Geographic Terms North
Materials Clay
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm (1 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3085

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