Hammock

96-1-34

From: Venezuela | Yaguri

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Buri
Object Number 96-1-34
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Yaguri
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Date Made 1980-1992
Section American
Materials Macanilla Palm Leaf Fiber
Description

Woven hammock with thin fibers and hanging loops at both ends. Weight support in middle. Made of macinlla palm leaf fiber (Astrocaryum jauril ?)

Length 282 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1992/3-157 - Field No SF | 34 - Collector Number

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