FMNH 252577.nosub[3]
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Description: Model sailing canoe from Yap. Map of Micronesian Island GroupsDownload fileScanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 50-2 | Provenience: Western Caroline Islands; Palau | PRL | People or Culture: Palauan | Object: model canoe | Material: wood, mat sail of pandanus, cloth, cord | Description: model of Yapese sailing canoe made for sale at annual fair | Dimensions: (in cm.) | Collection: Presented by Roland W. Force; Collector, 1956. Tri-Institutional Pacific Program Ethnological Expedition to Palau, 1954-1956. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 252577 | Field No. 55-15 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2574Catalog Number: 252577.nosub[3]Description: canoe modelMaterials: wood, pandanus leaf, cloth, cordCultural Attribution: Yapese, PalauanAccession Number: [2574] R. W. Force : Bishop Museum (Gift)Accession Year:Other Numbers: 55-15, 95797Collector/Source: Roland W. Force : Bishop Museum, Roland W. Force : Bishop MuseumEMu IRN: 1160780GUID: 43613290-f4e0-499c-b442-fc1b4190adba
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