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Object Number 85-7-70/37643
Display Title Palm leaves
Descriptions
Object Description Braided palm leaves
Inventory Description Band, woven fiber, burgundy copper color, fragmented, looped
Classification
  • Cords
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 16.5 x 9 cm (14 3/16 x 6 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 37643
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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