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Object Number
00-8-70/55466
Display Title
Ornaments for ends of large canoe, string of shell beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved wood, hollow base, triangular top, feathers at both ends
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Wood, Feather, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 45.5 x 66 x 16.4 cm (17 15/16 x 26 x 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55466
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/20/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/20/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/20/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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