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Object Number 992-27-30/11631
Display Title Basketry fan, vegetable fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Basketry fan, vegetable fiber.
Inventory Description Basketry fan, fringed top, fiber rope tie at handle.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Fan
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Dimensions Overall: 28.6 x 20.3 x 2 cm (11 1/4 x 8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 992-27-30/11631
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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