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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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Floral
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Mineral
Peru
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Mineral
Peru
Image Not Available for 3 examples of natural stone fractures
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Non-cultural
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Unclassified
Peru
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Core
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for 6 natural fractures of flint collected on surface
968-21-40/8386 6 natural fractures of flint collected on surface
Chipped Stone
Ipswich
Image Not Available for Red decoction of rhus aromatica (98-9-10/51819), saystozzie-batoh
98-9-10/51823 Red decoction of rhus aromatica (98-9-10/51819), saystozzie-batoh
Unclassified
New Mexico
Image Not Available for Water worn pebble; argillite. fractures natural
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Trenton
2 specimen artificial fractures
2003.1.92 2 specimen artificial fractures
Edged Tools
Raw Material
Fahnestock's Yard