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Object Number 32-13-10/13
Display Title Three types of fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Thread, plant fiber attached to paper mount
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Thread
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 13.5 x 0.9 cm (12 x 5 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-13-10/13/10/14/10/15/10/16/10/17; A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.
Provenance
Donor Botanical Museum, Harvard University (? - 1932)

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