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Start Over Collector Caroline Mytinger Materials Plant fiber
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry armband, accession number 11-43147a,b, described as Arm bands. Plaited plant fiber, dark red and natural color geometric design on dark brown ground. length - 24.0 cm., width - 3.2 cm. Plant fiber, dyed, plaited. (yellow & red on brown ground)
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry nose stick, accession number 11-43146, described as Nose stick. Wood stick with plaited plant fiber cover using black and dark red on natural ground. length - 23.5 cm. Wood, plant fiber, plaited, dye.
Hearst Museum object titled Bundle of plant fiber, accession number 11-43148, described as Plant fiber bundle. Strips from skin of pseubulb of dendrobium orchid. length - 34.0 cm., approx. Plant fiber. Collector states, "yellow grass for weaving nose sticks, king's spears, grows on top of banyan tree on high mountain, very hard to procure.

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