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Samples of "native yarn"
Samples of "native yarn"
Object Number 11-43-30/82964
Display Title Samples of "native yarn"
Descriptions
Object Description Samples of "native yarn"
Inventory Description Balls of spun cotton, white, 2 wrapped in husks
Classification
  • Thread
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Materials Cotton, Corn husk
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 6.7 x 6 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 82964

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