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Wooden hoop
Object Number 03-24-20/C3351
Display Title Wooden hoop
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hoop, wood strip, secured at notches withtwisted vegetable fiber string, split
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 11.3 x 1.4 cm (4 13/16 x 4 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C/3551

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