smoother
- Museum number
- Oc,89+.168
- Description
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Smoothing implement (ngai nagai) made of tusk (boar).
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1889)
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.20 centimetres (longer piece)
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Height: 1 centimetres (shorter piece)
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Width: 10.50 centimetres (longer piece)
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Width: 7.80 centimetres (shorter piece)
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Depth: 4.60 centimetres (longer piece)
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Depth: 2.60 centimetres (shorter piece)
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
Boars tusks ngai ngai used for smoothng the wap or dugong spear. Badu.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,89+.168
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1889C16.168 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: OC1978Q1.328
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 78 (Haddon)