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Object Number 17-41-50/B1988
Display Title Hammock line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Rope, braided vegetable fiber, looped at end, attached to 2 twisted fiber cords
Classification
  • Ropes
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 127 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm (50 x 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1988

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