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Object Number
00-8-70/55501
Display Title
Cocoanut bottles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bottles, two coconut shells with leaf stopper inserted in largest shell hole, wrapped with twisted fiber netting, fiber handles are knotted together, blue and white string incorporated in knot
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ralik Chain
/
Jaluit Atoll
Materials
Coconut shell , Fiber , Leaf , String
Dimensions
Overall: 11.6 × 13.7 × 5.5 cm (4 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55501
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55504 | Cocoanut water bottle |
Bottle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55505 | Cocoanut water bottle |
Bottle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55467 | Cocoanut water bottle |
Bottle
|
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| |
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Bottle
|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55312 | Coconut water bottles |
Bottle
|
Fiji
| |
| 00-8-70/55503 | Cocoanut water bottle |
Bottle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
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Bottle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
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Bottle
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| |
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