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Object Number 970-3-70/4736
Display Title Plaited fiber "rope"
Descriptions
Object Description Plaited fiber "rope"
Inventory Description Cordage, plaited vegetable fiber, black and natural, coiled, broken ends
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 14.2 x 4.6 cm (5 1/4 x 5 9/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 970-3-70/4736
Provenance
Collector Bradley H. Phillips (1896-1900)
Donor Prof. Philip Phillips (March 9, 1970)

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