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Object Number 00-8-70/55543
Display Title Cordage
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cords, twisted plant fiber line, attached to hook
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.7 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm (7 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55543

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