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Fishing line
Object Number 00-8-70/55444
Display Title Fishing line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cord, braided fiber cordage, bundle, frayed ends
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm (8 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55444
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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