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Na-dari-ni-wai-wai - annointing oil dish
Na-dari-ni-wai-wai - annointing oil dish
Object Number 00-8-70/55283
Display Title Na-dari-ni-wai-wai - annointing oil dish
Descriptions
Object Description Na-dari-ni-wai-wai - annointing oil dish
Inventory Description Dish, carved wood, four legs, ovate, undecorated, white residue on interior
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 21.5 x 13.8 cm (2 3/16 x 8 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55283
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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