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Object Number 39-17-70/1201
Display Title Fish net ("nurshie") and rattan net stretcher
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Nurshie
Inventory Description Net, knotted fiber, bundled on cut ovate reed frame
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Dimensions Overall: 66.8 x 28 x 9 cm (26 5/16 x 11 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1201

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