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Object Number
38-60-30/1771
Display Title
Small bottle (not native) containing blowpipe poison (curare)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bottle, glass, square, dried substance in interior
Classification
- Bottle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Quichua
- Payamino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials
Glass, Dried organic material
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm (3 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-60-30/1771
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38-60-30/1769 | Small gourd container with lid attached - used to hold blowpipe poison+ |
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| 13-37-30/85309 | Jars curare poison |
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Raw Material |
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for "curare" poison
| 25-59-30/F458 | "curare" poison |
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| 13-37-30/85309.1 | Jars curare poison |
Raw Material
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| 13-37-30/85309.5 | Jars curare poison |
Raw Material
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| |
| 13-37-30/85309.4 | Jars curare poison |
Jar
Raw Material |
Brazil
| |
| 13-37-30/85309.3 | Jars curare poison |
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Raw Material |
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| |
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