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Object Number 78-5-30/16772
Display Title Garment, palm fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth tunic, sleeveless, folded and creased, V-neck.
Classification
  • Shirt
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 128 x 60 x 0.5 cm (50 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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