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Bamboo thumping sticks
Object Number 53-47-30/7504
Display Title Bamboo thumping sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bamboo sticks, cylindrical, one end hollow, split
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Date ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
  • Makuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Popeyacá
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 183 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm (72 1/16 x 2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53-47-30/7504
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (1953)

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