- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cotton yarn specimen.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Igbo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1942
- Date collected
- By 1942
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Pigment, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 40 mm, Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.13.862 Other numbers: 120677
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