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Chief's aleppen-stock - titoko
Chief's aleppen-stock - titoko
Object Number 00-8-70/55300
Display Title Chief's aleppen-stock - titoko
Descriptions
Object Description Chief's aleppen-stock - titoko
Inventory Description Staffs, tapering cylindrical shaft, rounded end, zigzag and punctate carved desi
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 64.4 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm (25 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 00-8-70/55300/ 55300/ 4/ L-2
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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