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Object Number
53-47-30/7502
Display Title
Ceremonial head gear of balsa wood (3 painted pieces); for "lighting of the fish dance"
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial head gear of balsa wood (3 painted pieces); for "lighting of the fish dance"
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yakuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Miriti Parana, Upper; Rio Caquet, affluent of; Comisaria del Amazonas
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
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