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Object Number 85-7-70/37637
Display Title Nuts
Descriptions
Object Description Nuts used for necklace, etc.
Inventory Description Nut sample, kukui?, 2 black, 1 brown, 1 with cut shell exposing meat, residued
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Materials Kukui
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 37637
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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