Hammock

96-1-31

From: Venezuela | Yaguri

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Buri
Object Number 96-1-31
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pume | Yaruro
Provenience Venezuela | Yaguri
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Creator Juana Trina
Date Made 1980-1992
Section American
Materials Moriche Palm Leaf Fiber
Description

Woven hammock with thin fibers and hanging loops at both ends. Weight support in middle. Made of moriche plam leaf (Mauritia flexuosa)

Length 298 cm
Credit Line Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996
Other Number 1992/3-66 - Field No SF | 31 - Collector Number

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