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Object Number 00-8-70/55449
Display Title Handle for tatooing needles 55448
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, small cane tube, hollow, small slit on one side
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Cane
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (7 11/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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)
Donor Donated by Dr. C.H. Otto Bartels

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Implement for sharpening tatooing needles #55448
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