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1984.15.21

Fique fibre, plaited, in pink-orange colour.

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1984.15.21

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Collection type: Object
Description: Fique fibre, plaited, in pink-orange colour.
Geographical reference: Colombia
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Colombia; Sierra de Perija Headwaters of Maraca River Socorpa
Cultural groups: Yuco
Person: Field collector Marianne Schrimpff; PRM source Marianne Schrimpff
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: 1966
Acquisition information: Donated: 1984
Materials and processes: Material Agave Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Length 1540 mm, Width 2 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1984.15.21
Research and responses: According to the Ethnologue Online, the Yuko are now known as Yukpa. [CW 30/11/2000]

Search terms: Textile, Cordage, Specimen, Plant, Braid

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