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Object Number 38-60-30/1798
Display Title Cato - chupa (red monkey tail) - piece of root
Descriptions
Inventory Description Roots, dark red, furry, tubular, attached to bark twine
Classification
  • Root
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 Root, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm (5 1/2 x 1 1/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 38-60-30/1798
Provenance
Collector Mr. C. H. Spencer

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