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Fish line and float
Object Number 33-32-70/97
Display Title Fish line and float
Descriptions
Inventory Description Float, round coconut shell attached to line of twisted fiber cordage, leaf stopper inserted in largest shell hole
Classification
  • Float
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Materials Coconut shell , Leaf , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 9.5 × 7.8 cm (3 15/16 × 3 3/4 × 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/97
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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