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Kali - mountain pillow
Object Number 00-8-70/55297
Display Title Kali - mountain pillow
Descriptions
Object Description Kali - mountain pillow
Inventory Description Wooden Pillow, rectangular platform, curved upward at ends, two hollow ring legs on flat platformn feet, scratches to surface throughout
Classification
  • Pillow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 59.6901 × 8.89 × 16.3513 cm (23 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55297
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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