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Object Number 38-60-30/1770
Display Title Small gourd bowl - used for blow-pipe poison
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, gourd, dark brown, cracked
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 7.5 x 3.8 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 1770

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