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Shell Tool

2000.01.0012H

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Shell Tool   (2000.01.0012H)
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
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 8.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 5.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.1 cm
Weight 75 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Shell
Manufacturing Processes Grinding

Research Remarks

Description N/A
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 Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction No

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