- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bone bodkin, hollow with a blunt chamfered point at one end and a perforation in one side at the joint end. [BS [OPS Move] 21/4/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Bosngun
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Pteropus Bone Animal, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 177 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1539 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1467
Search terms: Tool, Ornament, Weaving Accessory, Sewing Equipment, Awl
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