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Object Number 96-25-70/49397
Display Title Seins or fish nets of vegetable fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net, twisted fiber, shell sinkers 1 end, incised wooden shapes other end
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Papua New Guinea, Southeast
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 34 x 18 cm (31 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 49397
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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Seins or fish nets of vegetable fibre
96-25-70/49396 Seins or fish nets of vegetable fibre
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