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1931.86.192

Stick of wood with notches used as a tally for counting pigs. [ZM 22/04/2015]

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1931.86.192

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Collection type: Object
Description: Stick of wood with notches used as a tally for counting pigs. [ZM 22/04/2015]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Bougainville Kurtachi
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 10/1930
Date collected: By October 1930
Acquisition information: Donated: 1931
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Notched
Dimensions: Diameter: max 21 mm, Length: max 386 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1931.86.192 Other numbers: Blackwood number 191

Search terms: Writing, Measurement, Tally

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