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Object Number
99-12-70/53590
Display Title
Sling
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sling, woven fiber, ovate sling, braided tapering cords, 1 slotted
Classification
- Slingshot
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands?
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 283 x 4.8 x 0.9 cm (111 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53590
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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