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2024.20.144

Maianane, mammalian mandible.

2024.20.144

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Collection type: Object
Description: Maianane, mammalian mandible.
Long description: Maianane, one half of a mammalian mandible, probably a deer. Five teeth set into jawbone, used as a hunting trophy.
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia
Cultural groups: Nuaulu
Person: PRM source Roy Ellen; Field collector Roy Ellen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 13/08/2003
Date collected: 13/08/2003
Acquisition information: Donated: 14 August 2024
Materials and processes: Material Animal Bone, Material Deer Bone Animal
Dimensions: Width 155 mm, Length 96 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2024.20.144 Other numbers: Z2003.002
Research and responses: 'Ellen (1993) Nuaulu Ethnozoology, p. 39-40'.

Search terms: Animalia, Hunting, Bone, Animal Part, Hunting accessory

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