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Object Number 03-52-20/C3478
Display Title Palm cloth
Descriptions
Indigenous Term HUUN
Inventory Description Bark cloth, rectangular, folded and creased.
Classification
  • Textile
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Lacandón Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chiapas
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Petha, Vicinity of
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 65 x 0.1 cm (31 1/2 x 25 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C/3478

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