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Bamboo tapa marker
Object Number 00-8-70/55317
Display Title Bamboo tapa marker
Descriptions
Indigenous Term kaveti-quali_-quali
Inventory Description Roller, hollow bamboo tube with ringed exterior, black pigment, cracked
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Bamboo, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 73.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (28 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55317
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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