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Object Number 09-3-30/75931
Display Title Spindles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spindles, pointed sticks, ceramic whorls, 4 wrapped withwht cotton thread
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawakan
  • Piro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / <State> / <County> / <City> / Piro
Additional Geographic Terms Puruo River, Headwaters of the
Dimensions Overall: 31.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (12 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 75931

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