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Native rope
Object Number 40-12-70/1690
Display Title Native rope
Descriptions
Inventory Description Twisted fiber cord, brown, frayed ends, bent
Classification
  • Ropes
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 16 x 3 cm (7 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1690

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