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Object Number
00-8-70/55298
Display Title
Netting needle for turtle nets
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Netting needle, carved wood, rectangular center, 2 spikes each end
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 26.7 x 8.7 x 1.3 cm (10 1/2 x 3 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55298/ Y/ E/
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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