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Carrying Band

Culture: Anasazi, Native American
Medium: Plant fibers, animal fibers
Place Collected: First Ruin on Right, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA
Dates: 1100-1300
Dimensions: 3 x 18 1/2 in. (7.6 x 47 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 03.325.11655
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy and George Foster Peabody
Image: Overall, 03.325.11655.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: This woven carrying band would be worn around the forhead and attached to a woven basket that would rest on the back of the person carrying a load.

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