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Object Number
74-3-30/7900
Display Title
Basket made of skin of armadillo
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pouch, folded armadillo shell with fiber cord strap across opening
Classification
- Pouch
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Para
/
Marajo Island
Materials
Armadillo shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 28.5 x 15.5 cm (7 1/16 x 11 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
7900
Provenance
Expedition
Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt
(1874)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1874)
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