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Object Number 987-27-10/71212
Display Title Loincloth
Descriptions
Object Description Loincloth, cut from blue wool blanket; with red, green, yellow, off-white ribbonwork at both ends. Presumably used for pow-wow or dance. 98 x 30 cm
Inventory Description Loincloth, or eccesiastical stole?, blue coth with ribbon stripes in red, green
Classification
  • Loincloth
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 219 cm (11 13/16 x 86 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 987-27-10/71212
Provenance
Collector Byron Harvey, III (10/27/1987)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (October 27-28, 1987)

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