- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone flake. [MJD 26/09/2014]
- Long description
- Stone flake. Mid brownish grey colour. [MJD 26/09/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Milne Bay Province Samarai Murua District Muyua Island [Woodlark Island] site near Suloga Peak
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- 1904 - 1905
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1906
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 7 mm, Width: max 56 mm, Length: max 37 mm, Weight 11 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.32.10.18
- Research and responses
www.britannica.com Muyua Island, also called Woodlark Island, coral island of Papua New Guinea. [MJD 26/09/2014]
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