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Object Number
00-8-70/55497
Display Title
Bone needle and hibiscus fibre for matworking
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needle, bone, flat, perforated, bundle of brown and black plant fiber, threaded
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ralik Chain
/
Jaluit Atoll
Materials
Bone, Plant fiber, Dye?
Dimensions
Overall: 6.1 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm (2 3/8 x 7/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55497; 115-44
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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