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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 / <State> / Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms Vavau Group
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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