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Object Number
00-8-70/55478
Display Title
Mat needles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needle, flat bone, upturned ends, tapered to point one end, other end perforated
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 2 x 1 cm (7 11/16 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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