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Sleeping hammock, vegetable fiber
Sleeping hammock, vegetable fiber
Object Number 992-27-30/11663
Display Title Sleeping hammock, vegetable fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Sleeping hammock, vegetable fiber
Inventory Description Netted fiber hammock, natural color, braided fiber handles.
Classification
  • Hammock
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Materials Fiber, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 154 x 45 x 3.6 cm (60 5/8 x 17 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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