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Object Number
00-8-70/55299
Display Title
Food hook with rat baffle ("rat-safe")
Descriptions
Object Description
Food hook with rat baffle ("rat-safe")
Inventory Description
Food hook, carved wood, notched shaft with 3 pegs, discoidal top, fiber rope
Classification
- Household accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 43.2 x 43.2 x 40.6 cm (17 x 17 x 16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55299
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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