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Object Number 79-14-20/17630
Display Title Head pad
Descriptions
Object Description Pad
Inventory Description Headdress, fibe, ring, braided fiber rope coiled around thicker center
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / San Luis Potosi
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 28 x 9 cm (11 5/8 x 11 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17630

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