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Snuff tube
Object Number 09-3-30/75925
Display Title Snuff tube
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snuff tube, 2 hollow bone tubes lashed together with string coated with resin
Classification
  • Snuff tube
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Piro
  • Arawakan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Puruo River, Headwaters of the
Materials Bone, String, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 7.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (2 13/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75925

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