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Object Number 00-8-70/55437
Display Title Netting needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, netting needle, carved wood, curved tines at each end
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Funafuti Island
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35.9 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm (14 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55437
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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