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human history
  • Common Name
    body adornments / ornaments
  • Other Name

    toggle

  • Description

    toggle. Notches around the circumference at each end. Perforation through one wall at apex. Bone split longitudinally, bound in three places with copper wire. O'Connor collection.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Marlborough/South Island/New Zealand

    D'Urville Island/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1953.65.145
  • Accession Date
    24 Mar 1953
  • Other Id

    33282 (ethnology)

    OC-231 (O'Connor)

    3066 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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Images and documents

Images

  • toggle, bone, 1953.65.145, 33282, OC-231, 3066, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • toggle, bone, 1953.65.145, 33282, OC-231, 3066, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • toggle, bone, 1953.65.145, 33282, OC-231, 3066, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • toggle, bone, 1953.65.145, 33282, OC-231, 3066, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 13 Sep 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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