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Object Number 14-4-30/85972
Display Title Rinki, against ghosts
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unknown material in glass jar
Classification
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quichua?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (3 9/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity Multiple
Label on object 85972

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