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Auger Shell Scraper

2000.01.0011A

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    Basic Information

    Artifact Identification Auger Shell Scraper   (2000.01.0011A)
    Classification/
    Nomenclature
    1. Materials T&E
      2. :
    2. Multiple Use T&E for Materials
      3. :
    3. N/A
    Artist/Maker Unknown
    Geographic Location
    Period N/A
    Date N/A
    Culture Yap, Yapese, Micronesian

    Physical Analysis

    Dimension 1 (Length) 6.9 cm
    Dimension 2 (Width) 3.4 cm
    Dimension 3 (Depth) 2.0 cm
    Weight 38 g
    Measuring Remarks N/A
    Materials Animal--Shell
    Manufacturing Processes Grinding

    Research Remarks

    Description Under Review
    Published Description N/A
    Bibliography

    Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965.

    Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937.

    Artifact History

    Credit Line/Dedication William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
    Reproduction No

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