E0942A: Rope

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0942A

Classification Category:

10:Unclassifiable Artifacts

Materials:

animal ➔ hair
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather

Dimensions:

116 cm L
7 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Description:

Two sections of black rope (A and B) made of coarse hair.

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