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Object Number
00-8-70/55428
Display Title
Turtle rib cocoanut scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scraper, worked turtle bone
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tuvalu
/
<State>
/
Funafuti Island
Materials
Turtle bone
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 4 x 0.9 cm (12 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55428; Funafuti
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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