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DSC2810 
 A whale bone jaw which is 3,500 years old and hand-carved on display at a Maori art and crafts gallery in a small town of Whataroa in South Westland on South island in New Zealand. The bone has been carbon dated by the Nuclear Science Laboratory in New Zealand. 
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Photographer: Richard Sowersby
Collection: travel
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DSC2810
Upload Date: 2010-03-05 13:02:49
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A whale bone jaw which is 3,500 years old and

hand-carved on display at a Maori art and crafts gallery in a small town of Whataroa in South Westland on South island in New Zealand. The bone has been carbon dated by the Nuclear Science Laboratory in New Zealand.
Keywords: whale bone jaw Maori art and crafts gallery,Whataroa, South Westland, South island, New Zealand. bone, carbon dated Nuclear Science Laboratory,New Zealand,whale,jaw,Maori,art,crafts,carving