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Object Number 11-43-30/82983.1
Display Title Breech cloths
Descriptions
Inventory Description Loincloth, gold woven strip with feathered fringe at ends
Classification
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 166 x 14.5 cm (65 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 11-43-30/82983.1

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Outerwear
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Outerwear
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