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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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