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Object Number 67-10-00/411
Display Title Fish line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Coil of vine
Classification
  • Plant fiber
Department Ethnographic
Materials Vine
Dimensions Overall: 25.4 x 21.6 x 3.2 cm (10 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-10-00/411 & T-632
Provenance
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society

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