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Object Number
69-9-70/64701
Display Title
Sling
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sling, woven fiber, ovate sling, braided tapering cords, 1 slotted
Classification
- Slingshot
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 226.5 x 5 x 1.2 cm (89 3/16 x 1 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64701/ 193
Provenance
Collector
Capt. M. Folger
(Before May, 1802)
Donor
Donated by
Peabody Academy of Science
(1869)
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