Burden strap/Tumpline part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)

Object Details

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but possibly collected or excavated by Nat B. Stern (1881-1955, a Santa Fe, New Mexico, businessman with interests in Southwest archaeology); lent to MAI by Nat Stern in 1917. This item appears to have been accidentally left in MAI's possession when Nat Stern reclaimed his loan collections in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Kayenta (archaeological) (attributed)
Possible collector: Nat B. Stern, Non-Indian, 1881-1955
Previous owner: Nat B. Stern, Non-Indian, 1881-1955

Object Name: Burden strap/Tumpline part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials: Vegetal Fiber
Techniques: Twill-plaited

Place: White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Canyon de Chelly National Monument; Navajo Reservation; Apache County; Arizona; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Kayenta (archaeological); Transportation Items