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Object Number 39-112-60/6598
Display Title Snowshoes - made from stalks of altergen plant, tie rope of butah fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Snowshoes - made from stalks of altergen plant, tie rope of butah fiber (Acantholimon sp.) (caugal)
Inventory Description Snowshoes, bent and tied plant stalks, wrapped with twisted fiber rope
Classification
  • Snowshoe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Besud
  • Hazara
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Afghanistan
Additional Geographic Terms Afghanistan, Central: Hazarajat; Besud
Dimensions Overall: 3.9 x 32 x 30 cm (1 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-112-60/6598

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