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Native sailing chart - shells represent groups or islands
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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