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Cord
Object Number 986-5-20/26269
Display Title Cord
Descriptions
Object Description Multicolored, twisted cord; headband? Red, green, purple, white; faded, frayed; knotted ends
Inventory Description Twisted cotton fiber cord, white, purple, pink, green.
Classification
  • Cords
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1930-1939 ca?
Culture
  • Highland Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Materials Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 432 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (170 1/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 986-5-20/26269
Provenance
Collector Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)
Donor Augustus Ledyard Smith (1930-1939 ca? - 1986)

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