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Object Number 00-8-70/55443
Display Title Armlet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven band, vegetable fiber, brown and natural geo. band ends, unfinished ends
Classification
  • Jewelry
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Dimensions Overall: 73.3 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm (28 7/8 x 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55443
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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