Cordage
56-1-57
From: Fiji Islands (uncertain) | Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 56-1-57 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Fiji Islands (uncertain) | Samoa Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Coconut Fiber |
| Description | Cylindrical roll of plaited coconut fiber cord. Plaiting, size of roll, and pattern of rolling similar to cordage roll 795 in Steven Phelps [Hooper] Art and Artefacts of the Pacific (1976), which he says is "probably Fijian." The manufacture of such rolls is described on p. 179. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert L. Steinmetz, 1956 |
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