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Object Number 00-8-70/55329
Display Title Netting needle
Descriptions
Object Description Netting needle
Inventory Description Worked bone needle, flat, one end perforated, one end pointed
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 21.3 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm (8 3/8 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55329
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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