Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Sasha Siemel (1890-1970, an adventurer, hunter, and author) between 1914 and 1937; purchased by MAI from Sasha Siemel in 1937.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- BorĂ´ro (Bororo)
- Collector
- Sasha Siemel (Sasha A. Siemel/Aleksandrs Ziemelis), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Seller
- Sasha Siemel (Sasha A. Siemel/Aleksandrs Ziemelis), Non-Indian, 1890-1970
- Object Name
- Cordage
- Media/Materials
- Vegetal Fiber
- Techniques
- Twisted
- Object Type
- Materials: Prepared
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