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Object Number
38-60-30/1739
Display Title
Grass skirt (2 pieces) - each piece about 1' long by 1 1/2' wide
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Grass fringe, 2 pieces, 1 with burnt tips, bundled with vegetable fiber twine
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Payamino
- Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials
Grass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 23.5 x 0.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
38-60-30/1739
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