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Object Number
67-9-50/102.1
Display Title
Scarf or cloth for the loins
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cloth, finely woven vegetable fiber, natural, sewn panels threadbare area holes
Classification
- Fabric
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 98.6 x 10 cm (38 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-9-50/102/ 102
Provenance
Collector
Capt. George D. MacKay
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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Raw Material
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|