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Object Number 85-7-70/37660
Display Title Tobacco container
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, coconut shell, brown, oblong, smooth exterior, hollow, circular opening at one end
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Materials Coconut shell
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 × 5.7 × 5.8 cm (5 5/16 × 2 1/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37660
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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