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Object Number
00-8-70/55450
Display Title
Mat needle and thread for embroidering
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needle, small tapered bone, perforated strung with black plant fiber, bundled
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Rongelab
Materials
Bone, Coconut fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 2 x 2 cm (3 9/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55450
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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