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Roll of coconut tree cloth
Roll of coconut tree cloth
Object Number 29-18-70/D3276
Display Title Roll of coconut tree cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cloth of coconut tree, rolled, tied with twisted fiber
Classification
  • Textile
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Victoria / Swan Island
Additional Geographic Terms S. of Australia
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 3.7 x 3.8 cm (13 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3276; 113. Coconut tree cloth / from Sevan Island / ## P. Bearst, Sufot / 1869
Provenance
Collector Dr. J. B. S. Jackson (01/01/1870)
Donor Donated by Dr. Robert T. Jackson (01/01/1929)

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