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Object Number
00-8-70/55463
Display Title
Mat needles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needles, tortoise shell, wide, perforated one end, with glass bead
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Rongelab
Materials
Tortoiseshell, Plant fiber, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 8.7 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm (3 7/16 x 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
55463
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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