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Object Number 09-33-70/75444
Display Title Fishing net
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net, forked wooden frame, twisted fiber netting, broken
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 23.2 x 2.2 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 09-33-70/75444

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