Tump line

Museum number:
1-259560
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Accession number:
Acc.4116
Description:
cotton cord tump line with tightly woven brow band (34cm long x 5.5-6.0cm wide) attached to a cord net (200cm long) which expands to several meters wide.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
South Central California
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tumplines
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Context of use:
carrying materials
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
headband— width 6 centimeters, net— length 200 centimeters, and headband— length 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tump line, accession number 1-259560, described as cotton cord tump line with tightly woven brow band (34cm long x 5.5-6.0cm wide) attached to a cord net (200cm long) which expands to several meters wide.

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