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Flax
Medium: Fiber
Flax
Dimensions:
Storage: 36 cm, 18 7/8 in. (14 3/16 in., 48 cm)
Object A: 4 1/2 × 21 7/16 in. (11.5 × 54.5 cm)
Object B: 11 × 15 15/16 in. (28 × 40.5 cm)
Classification: Materials
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. F.H. Brown
Object number: 1948.30.101
DescriptionTwo hanks of flax.
Long strands of flax fiber wrapped around four slender pieces of uncarved, unpolished wood (they are essentially sticks); part of the sticks are visible outside the fiber. The fiber has a brown-orangey coloring. The sticks are a red-brown color with exposed parts of lighter coloring. There are two separate pieces here; both flax fiber, one is wrapped in those four sticks, the other is only fibers. See drawing on paper record.
Long strands of flax fiber wrapped around four slender pieces of uncarved, unpolished wood (they are essentially sticks); part of the sticks are visible outside the fiber. The fiber has a brown-orangey coloring. The sticks are a red-brown color with exposed parts of lighter coloring. There are two separate pieces here; both flax fiber, one is wrapped in those four sticks, the other is only fibers. See drawing on paper record.
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