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Net for catching pigs
Object Number 96-25-70/49438
Display Title Net for catching pigs
Descriptions
Object Description Net for catching pigs
Inventory Description Net, ovate looped bamboo, twisted fiber cord netting, cane binding, incised
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Bamboo, Vegetable fiber, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 96.9 x 38.7 x 5.8 cm (38 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49438
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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