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Object Number
00-8-70/55316
Display Title
Rasp for sandal-wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Rasp, rectangular wood stick, tapered at either end, middle wrapped with textured skin, incised letters KE in handle
Classification
- Woodworking
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Wood , Sharkskin?
Dimensions
Overall: 66.5 × 8 × 6.3 cm (26 3/16 × 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55316
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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