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Basketry sling-shot, vegetable fiber
Basketry sling-shot, vegetable fiber
Object Number 992-27-30/11633
Display Title Basketry sling-shot, vegetable fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Basketry sling-shot, vegetable fiber. 80cm.
Inventory Description Basketry slingshot with braided fiber ties, plain.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Slingshot
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Materials Fiber, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 123 x 4 x 1.8 cm (48 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 992-27-30/11633
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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