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Object Number 10-44-30/76426
Display Title Face paint
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pigment, square, chalky blue
Classification
  • Pigment
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tehuelche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Argentina
Additional Geographic Terms Patagonia
Materials Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76426

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