Burden Strap
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: John T. Hitchcock
label: Donor Name
content: Catharine McClellan
notes: label: Notes
content: Handwoven sisal burden strap. Short, wider band woven with warp twining. Red and green warp stripes (very faded). Warp ends twisted to form two long 3-ply ropes.
label: Notes
content: Burden straps are used by the farmers to carry fodder. It is referenced in film "Himalayan Farmer" (available at the Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.2)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Magar (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032229
label: USNM Number
content: E433296-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tump Line