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Object Number 12-41-10/84250
Display Title Navajo twist
Descriptions
Inventory Description Yarn, twisted yarn, wool, dyed red, black with buff
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wool
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 23.5 x 8.1 cm (10 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1 bundle
Label on object POISON & 12-41-10/84250 & 84250
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1912)
Donor Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1912)

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