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Grass cloth
Object Number 99-12-50/53247
Display Title Grass cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber cloth, brown with dark brown stripe, fringe
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Fiber , Raffia , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 104 x 44.7 x 0.1 cm (40 15/16 x 17 5/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53247
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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