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Object Number 00-8-70/55465
Display Title Rope of cocoanut fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rope, twisted plant fiber, coiled and bundled, rough, stiff
Classification
  • Ropes
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 80.5 x 25 x 14 cm (31 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55465
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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