- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Potter’s shell tool
- Geographical reference
- Massim D'Entrecasteaux Islands Goodenough Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1913
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Length 25 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1913.88.217
Search terms: Animalia, Tool, Pottery, Shell, Potter's Tool
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