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Object Number
2013.24.228.2
Display Title
Fiber backstrap
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven fiber backstrap
Inventory Description
Backstrap, woven fiber, purple and tan stripe, looped ends, twisted fiber cordage at ends
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Guatemala
/
Alta Verapaz
/
<County>
/
Tamahu
Materials
Wood , Cotton , Dye , Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 9 × 32 cm (3 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.24.228.2
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Dodge Cobb in memory of Bertha Sanford (Wiener) Dodge and
Carroll William Dodge, who together collected these Guatemalan textiles
Provenance
Collector
Bertha Sanford Dodge
Collector
Carroll William Dodge
Donor
Donated by
Mary Dodge Cobb
(11/20/2013)
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