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Object Number 00-8-70/55301
Display Title Bowai - club
Descriptions
Object Description Bowai - club
Inventory Description Club, carved wood, cylindrical, flared ends, rounded on one end, incised design
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 101 x 4.4 x 4.5 cm (39 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55301, JIOSEVA
Credit Line Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1900
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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