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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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