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Object Number 17-59-30/F76
Display Title Tobacco cake or Torta de tabacco
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ethnographic, pressed cake of tobacco with five holes
Classification
  • Plant fiber
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1916-1917
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Negro, Upper
Materials Tobacco
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 9.7 x 10.2 cm (2 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object F-76
Provenance
Collector Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1916-1917 - 1917)
Donor Dr. A. Hamilton Rice (1916-1917 - 1917)

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