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Object Number
99-12-70/53527
Display Title
Cordage
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cordage, twisted plant fiber, bundle, knotted end
Classification
- Cords
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingsmill Islands
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 55.2 x 22.3 x 1.2 cm (21 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53527
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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| 2002.1.346 | Cordage bundle, twisted fibers, knotted |
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| 67-10-70/403 | Cordage |
Cords
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Hawaii
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| 2004.1.639 | Cordage, twisted plant fiber wrapped around wooden bobbin |
Cords
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| 2003.1.595 | Cords; veg. fiber; twisted cordage; one of ends knotted; some ends frayed |
Cords
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Africa?
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| 00-8-70/55489 | Cordage |
Cords
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Marshall Islands
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| 23-46-70/D1732.1 | Cordage made from spinifex fiber |
Cords
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Kimberley
Western Australia | |
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| 23-46-70/D1732.2 | Cordage made from spinifex fiber |
Cords
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Kimberley
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| 00-8-70/55468 | Cordage |
Cords
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Likiep Atoll
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| 00-8-70/55530 | Cocoanut cordage |
Cords
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Wotje Atoll
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| 00-8-70/55543 | Cordage |
Cords
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Marshall Islands
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| 00-8-70/55507 | Cocoanut fibre cordage |
Cords
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Jaluit Atoll
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| 2002.1.470 | Cords; veg. fiber cordage bundle; loosely twisted; knot at one end |
Cords
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Africa?
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