- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone flake.
- Long description
- Stone flake. The stone has a mid brownish grey patina. The stone is roughly trapezoidal. The flake tapers out from a narrow proximal edge. [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 13 mm, Width: max 67 mm, Length: max 76 mm, Weight 66 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.32.10.27
- Research and responses
www.britannica.com Muyua Island, also called Woodlark Island, coral island of Papua New Guinea. [MJD 26/09/2014]
1906.32.10.27
Stone flake.
1906.32.10.27
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