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Object Number 14-4-30/85970
Display Title Suelda, comfrey, in decoction to hasten the consolidation of fractures
Descriptions
Inventory Description Plant material in glass jar
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quichua?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm (2 3/4 x 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 85970

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Edged Tools
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