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Object Number 00-8-70/55468
Display Title Cordage
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cords, plant fiber, braided, wrapped in bundle
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ratak Chain / Likiep Atoll
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 6.1 x 6.6 cm (11 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55468
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/19/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/19/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/19/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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