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Object Number 33-32-70/103
Display Title Fish net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net, ovate wood frame, twisted and knotted fiber net and bindings, broken
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Dimensions Overall: 236.9 x 5.8 x 75 cm (93 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/103
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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