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Object Number
00-8-70/55364
Display Title
Basket
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Basket, bowl, coiled, carinated body, black exterior, braided fiber design and h
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
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/
Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms
Vavau Group
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 32.4 cm (12 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55364
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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