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Sling for birds
Object Number 33-32-70/85
Display Title Sling for birds
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sling, woven fiber square, folded into triangular shape, twisted cordage ties, loop at end of one tie, fringe at end of other tie
Classification
  • Slingshot
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall (cordage ties not fully straightened): 36 × 22 × 4.8 cm (14 3/16 × 8 11/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/85
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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