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Object Number
53-47-30/7535
Display Title
Small snail shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Small snail shell
Inventory Description
Shell ornament, perforated, partially closed with resin, possibly whistle.
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Pirá-Paraná; Rio Apaporis, affluent of; Comisaria del Vaupés
Materials
Shell, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53-47-30/7535
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
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