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Object Number
38-43-20/5295.1
Display Title
Yellow cocoons of the silk worm- used for weaving girdles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cocoon? sample
Classification
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zapotec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
Materials
Cocoon
Dimensions
Overall: 6.4 x 5.2 x 3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-43-20/5295/ San Francisco Cafouas/ South Oaxaco, Mexico/ Zapotec region/ 38-4
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