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Object Number 33-43-30/142
Display Title Piece of face paint
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, clump, inidentified, brown.
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Materials Organic
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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