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Object Number
00-8-70/55477
Display Title
Tortoise shell for making mat needles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gauge?, tortoise shell, flat, rectangular, incised
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 13.6 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (5 3/8 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55477
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55478.1 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55463 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 02-20-60/62071 | Tortoise shell netting needle |
Needle
|
Maldive Islands
| |
| 05-19-10/64725 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Dowagiac
| |
| 18-25-70/D980 | Tortoise shell lime knife |
Tools
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 99-1-70/52216 | Tortoise shell spoon |
Tools
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55478 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 05-7-10/65505 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Washington
| |
| 00-8-70/55498 | Mat needles |
Needle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 11-46-50/83117 | Mat needles and sheaths |
Awl
Raw Material |
Angola
| |
| 46-78-70/2429 | Flat, circular piece of tortoise shell with hole in center |
Ornament
|
Caroline Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55737.1 | Pendant, carved tortoise shell rings, flat, one perforated at one edge |
Pendant
|
Truk Island
|