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Burden strap made of a long piece of deer hide with pieces of bone in either end
Burden strap made of a long piece of deer hide with pieces of bone in either end
Object Number 38-44-10/12759
Display Title Burden strap made of a long piece of deer hide with pieces of bone in either end
Descriptions
Object Description Burden strap made of a long piece of deer hide with pieces of bone in either end
Inventory Description Strap, leather with fur attached, wrapped around bone pieces at both ends
Classification
  • Hide
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada?
Materials Leather, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 10 x 9.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12759
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
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888-1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (May 2, 1938)

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