Implement

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Fish bone implement. An implement or tool of some kind made from fish bone. This implement is flat and rectangular in shape with one end tapering in to a point. There has been rubbing where the point is and it has caused a slight bevel. The underside of the bone is textured, the top side is smooth and has lines carved into it, arrow shaped, following the point of the implement.

Accession number: 1967.186 Last Update: 14 Sept 2023
Accession Number

1967.186

Accession Date

1967

Other Id

43318 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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implement, 1967.186, 43318, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 26 Feb 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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