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Object Number 00-8-70/55489
Display Title Cordage
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cord, bundle of twisted fiber cordage
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Rongslab
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 20.5 x 6.5 cm (17 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55489
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/18/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/18/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/18/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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