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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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