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Sling
Object Number 00-8-70/55720
Display Title Sling
Descriptions
Inventory Description Slingshots?, braided plant fiber, woven pocket, looped and frayed ends
Classification
  • Slingshot
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 74 x 4 x 1.4 cm (29 1/8 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 55720

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