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Grass mat worn hanging from girdle
Grass mat worn hanging from girdle
Object Number 47-72-70/2755
Display Title Grass mat worn hanging from girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mat?, woven fiber band, printed concentric rectangles, red and buff, fiber ties
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Espiritu Santo Island
Additional Geographic Terms Hog Harbor
Materials Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 30.5 x 5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2755

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