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Object Number
00-8-70/55470
Display Title
Shell pounder for beating pandanas for mats
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, pounder, carved stone, white, ovate, pointed end, constricted
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 11.3 x 7.8 cm (9 1/2 x 4 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55470; 110-44; ### / ### / #a# 19 1918 / for beating pandanas / for mats
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55536 | Limestone mallet for beating pandanas leaves in mat making |
Tools
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55516 | Stone mallet for beating pandanas leaves in mat making |
Tools
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55620 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Mat
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55618 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55511 | Pandanas mat |
Mat
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55577 | Mat of pandanas leaf |
Mat
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55576 | Mat of pandanas leaf |
Mat
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55579 | Mat of pandanas leaf |
Mat
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55578 | Mat of pandanas leaf |
Mat
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55787 | Pandanas leaf mat |
Mat
|
French Polynesia
| |
| 99-15-70/53852 | Pandanas sleeping mat |
Mat
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53853 | Pandanas sleeping mat |
Mat
|
Samoa
|