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Fermented bread knife
Object Number 00-8-70/55288
Display Title Fermented bread knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paddle shaped utensil, worked turtle bone, slightly curved, broken finial
Classification
  • Paddle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Turtle bone
Dimensions Overall: 31.7 x 11.3 x 3.3 cm (12 1/2 x 4 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55288
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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