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Object Number
00-8-70/55587
Display Title
Native sailing chart - shells represent groups or islands
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chart, flat arrangement of sticks and shells lashed with plant fiber
Classification
- Chart
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Materials
Palm leaf, Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 81 x 69 x 2.5 cm (31 7/8 x 27 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55587
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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