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Samples of pitch
Object Number 10-58-30/82730
Display Title Samples of pitch
Descriptions
Inventory Description Two cane containers filled with pitch.
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Cane, Pitch
Dimensions Overall: 21.3 x 3.6 x 3.7 cm (8 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 82730; 40; 33

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