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Object Number 18-12-30/F248
Display Title Pods of ? used as receptacles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowls, hollow palm nut shell?
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 20 cm (5 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object F248
Provenance
Dealer Frederick Braun (1918)

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