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Object Number 06-5-10/66339
Display Title Cordage for nets, etc., made of iris macrouphon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cordage bundle, twisted vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 2 x 1.1 cm (9 7/16 x 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66339
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1906 - 1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906 - 1906)

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