# Sextant box found with the bones

> Gallagher recorded numbers on the box (3500 on the scale, 3946 on the box); it has been argued to match a type Noonan used. The box itself has not been…

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**ART** 0CYPN3RC4V8X·Artifact · object

# Sextant box found with the bones

ObjectFound 1940

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Gallagher recorded numbers on the box (3500 on the scale, 3946 on the box); it has been argued to match a type Noonan used. The box itself has not been located.

## Copies 0

## Where it was made

[Nikumaroro (Gardner Island), Phoenix Islands, Kiribati](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CYPMG7C2KMT/nikumaroro-gardner-island-phoenix-islands-kiribati) · Atoll

## Sources 1

- [Gallagher's Ninth Progress Report, October–December 1940 (Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CYPMCJ602ZC/gallaghers-ninth-progress-report-octoberdecember-1940)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Sextant box found with the bones [Artifact ART0CYPN3RC4V8X]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN3RC4V8X
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Key

**ART** 0CYPN3RC4V8X

Kind

Object

Held by

lost

Dated

found 1940

Place

[Nikumaroro (Gardner Island), Phoenix Islands, Kiribati](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CYPMG7C2KMT/nikumaroro-gardner-island-phoenix-islands-kiribati)

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