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Object Number 11-6-20/C5681
Display Title Brown powder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, brown powder, fragments of bone or stone?
Classification
  • Organic
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Holmul
Intrasite Ruin F, Group I
Additional Geographic Terms El Cayo, about 30 miles Northwest of
Materials Bone, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 6.5 x 1 cm (3 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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