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Object Number
38-60-30/1845
Display Title
Fruit shell - from the medicine man's chest
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Gourd container, cylindrical, tapered at one end, open other end.
Classification
- Container
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
Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm (4 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-60-30/1845
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