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Object Number 87-10-50/40882.1
Display Title Bark cloths
Descriptions
Object Description Bark cloths
Inventory Description Bark cloth, brown, rectangular, pounded texture, folded, has holes
Classification
  • Textile
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mozambique
Additional Geographic Terms East Africa, central: Mongue; Inhambane
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 54.7 x 43.8 x 3.5 cm (21 9/16 x 17 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87-10-50/40882.1 & 40882
Provenance
Collector E. H. Richards (1886)
Donor Donated by Prof. J. H. Thayer

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