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Object Number
00-8-70/55584
Display Title
Native sailing chart - shells represent groups or island
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chart, used for nav igation, made up of sticks and shells representing islands
Classification
- Art 2-D
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Materials
Palm leaf, Hibiscus fiber, Banana, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 100 x 100 x 3 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55584
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1900
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(January 1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(January 1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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