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Object Number
40-47-60/7032
Display Title
Ball of inner elm bark fibre wound around outside
Descriptions
Object Description
Ball of inner elm bark fibre wound around outside with few layers of twisted elm bark thread
Inventory Description
Thread twisted vegetable fiber, wound in ball, tied with cotton string
Classification
- Thread
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ainu?
- Yezo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
/
Ishikari
/
Hokkaido
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 14.5 x 14.2 cm (4 1/2 x 5 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
William Penn Brooks
(1876-1888 - 1938)
Donor
Mrs. George A. Drew
(1938 - 1940)
Donor
Dr. Sumner C. Brooks
(1938 - 1940)
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