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Object Number 99-12-70/53406
Display Title Pole of hardwood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cylindrical wood pole, tapered both end, notch on one end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / <County> / Brigham
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 446 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm (175 9/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53406
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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