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Object Number 00-8-70/55721
Display Title Sash of banana fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven textile, dark brown, natural striped bands, ends fringed
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Dimensions Overall: 110 x 53.8 x 0.1 cm (43 5/16 x 21 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55721
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Alexander Agassiz

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