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Mat
Object Number 00-8-70/55399
Display Title Mat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mat, woven fiber, buff textured design with brown edging, folded
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 43 x 10.5 cm (31 1/2 x 16 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55399
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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