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Object Number
00-8-70/55478.1
Display Title
Mat needles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needles, carved bone and tortoise shell, wide, flat, perforated one end
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Bone, Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 26.5 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm (10 7/16 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
11
Label on object
55478
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/19/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/19/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/19/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55463 | Mat needles |
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| |
| 00-8-70/55478 | Mat needles |
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|
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| |
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| |
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