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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
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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