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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