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Object Number 85-7-70/37650
Display Title Calabash cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lid, gourd disk with two perforations and pinkish vegetable fiber cord loop
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Additional Geographic Terms Oahu
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37.650
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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