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Cordage, fish line
Object Number 09-33-70/75404
Display Title Cordage, fish line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bundle of cordage, possible fishing line
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 7 x 15 cm (13 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75404

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