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Object Number
00-8-70/55469
Display Title
Fishing line and fibre for making same
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Thread, plant fiber, twisted cordage bundles
Classification
- Thread
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 15.3 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm (6 x 1 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55469
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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 00-8-70/55766.1 | Bannna fibre prepared for weaving |
Thread
|
Kurai Island
Caroline Islands Strong Island | |
| 40-47-60/7032 | Ball of inner elm bark fibre wound around outside |
Thread
|
Hokkaido
| |
| 23-47-70/D1790 | Fishing lines |
Cords
|
Solomon islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55766.2 | Banana fibre prepared for weaving |
Thread
|
Kurai Island
Caroline Islands Strong Island | |
| 32-13-10/13 | Three types of fibre |
Raw Material
Thread |
North America
| |
| 37-98-70/780 | Hook and lines for eel fishing |
Fishhook
|
Soliga
| |
| 09-33-70/75406.1 | Fishing line and hook |
Cords
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island | |
| 00-8-70/55766 | Bannna fibre prepared for weaving |
Thread
|
Kurai Island
Caroline Islands Strong Island | |
| 08-36-70/74160 | Fishing line and hook for small fish, these are used with pole in ordinary |
Fishhook
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 00-8-70/55444 | Fishing line |
Cords
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 04-19-70/63245 | Fishing hook and line |
Fishhook
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
| 37-32-50/2477 | Bundle of fishing lines constituting fishing gear - hooks of iron and porcupine |
Float
|
Cameroon
|