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White or tan cotton woven fabric fragment and likely tassle fragment
White or tan cotton woven fabric fragment and likely tassle fragment
Object Number 987-22-10/110580
Display Title White or tan cotton woven fabric fragment and likely tassle fragment
Descriptions
Inventory Description White or tan cotton woven fabric fragment and likely tassle fragment
Classification
  • Textile
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Old Yard, H219-1, to 0-22cmbs, Level 1
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 4.3 × 2.4 × 0.7 cm (1 11/16 × 15/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object H219-1

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