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Object Number 79-14-20/17501
Display Title Prepared fibre of the Agave
Descriptions
Inventory Description Agave fiber, prepared, bound by 2 twisted agave fiber ropes
Classification
  • Plant fiber
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guanajuato / <County> / <City> / Sierra Nola
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 67 x 24.5 x 8.5 cm (26 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 79-14-20/17501

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