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Object Number 2004.29.22021
Display Title Women weaving mats
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Fiji / Mat making - Viti Levu / Gift of Prof. W. M. Davis obtained by / him at Fiji in 1914."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1914
Culture
  • Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji / <State> / Viti Levu
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 14.2875 cm (4 × 5 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Professor W. M. Davis

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