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Object Number
00-8-70/55499
Display Title
Thatching needle of bird bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needle, slender white bone, hollow, tapered tip one end
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ralik Chain
/
Jaluit Atoll
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 1 x 1 cm (8 7/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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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