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Native cotton yarn
Object Number 31-24-50/B5075
Display Title Native cotton yarn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cotton thread wound around tapered wood stick
Classification
  • Thread
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Cotton thread, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51.5 x 6.8 x 6.6 cm (20 1/4 x 2 11/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B/5075
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1931)

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