Girth: long piece of hide with holes at either end.

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Object Number 38-44-10/12758

Display Title Girth: long piece of hide with holes at either end.

Descriptions

Object Description Girth: long piece of hide with holes at either end.

Inventory Description Leather strap, perforated at either end

Classification

Hide

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Plains Cree

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada

Materials Leather

Dimensions Overall: 34 x 10 x 6 cm (13 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 38-44-10/12758

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938

Provenance

Provenance Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)

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