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Object Number 48-19-20/19909
Display Title String fishnet
Descriptions
Object Description Rope hammock; String fishnet
Inventory Description Organic, fiber, net, fishing, conical, open weave
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Boruca
  • Bribri
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Limon / <County> / Talamanca
Materials String
Dimensions Overall: 154 x 25.4 cm (60 5/8 x 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-19-20/19909
Provenance
Collector Doris Zemurray Stone (1948)
Donor Doris Zemurray Stone (1948)

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