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Object Number
00-8-70/55452
Display Title
Shell head band
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, woven plant fiber band covered with white shells on one side
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Rongelab
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 27.4 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm (10 13/16 x 1 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55452
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/18/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/18/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/18/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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