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Object Number 27-5-70/D2943.1
Display Title Net sinkers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sinker, ground stone, ovoid, flat one side, one side rounded, grooved center
Classification
  • Sinker
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm (3 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2943.1
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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