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Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest
Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest
Object Number 38-60-30/1844
Display Title Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest
Descriptions
Object Description Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest
Inventory Description Bird beak, hollow, black and white, pointed tip.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Payamino
  • Quichua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Payamino, vicinity of mouth of; Rio Napo, tributary of
Materials Bird beak
Dimensions Overall: 13.4 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm (5 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-60-30/1844

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