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Object Number 00-8-70/55546
Display Title Sling, cocoanut fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sling, woven plant fiber, daimond shaped pad, twisted ties, one end looped
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59.4 x 14.7 x 1.1 cm (23 3/8 x 5 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55546

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Sling
00-8-70/55545 Sling
Tools
Marshall Islands
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Slingshot
Raw Material
Hidalgo
Shell and cocoanut shell bead strung on cocoanut fibre
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Necklace
Kiribati
Shell and cocoanut shell bead strung on cocoanut fibre
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Necklace
Gilbert Islands
Cocoanut fibre cordage
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Cords
Jaluit Atoll
Cocoanut fibre line
00-8-70/55502 Cocoanut fibre line
Cords
Jaluit Atoll
Rope of cocoanut fibre
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Ropes
Marshall Islands
Wooden club with fibre sling
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Club
Malakula Island
Wooden club with fibre sling
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Club
Malakula Island
Sling for birds
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Slingshot
Marshall Islands
Sling in pandanas leaf wrapping
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Tools
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Quiver
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