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Object Number
09-3-30/75914
Display Title
Calabash scraper for pottery making
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gourd scraper, oval, curved with ceramic redidue on 1 side.
Classification
- Scraper
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Piro
- Arawakan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Peru
/
<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Piro
Additional Geographic Terms
Puruo River, Headwaters of the
Materials
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 12.6 x 6.2 x 1.5 cm (4 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75914
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