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Tube, bone container covered in resin with shell decoration, vegetable fiber
Tube, bone container covered in resin with shell decoration, vegetable fiber
Object Number 42-28-30/4527
Display Title Tube, bone container covered in resin with shell decoration, vegetable fiber
Descriptions
Object Description Bone lime container-sheathed with tar and decorated with little shells
Inventory Description Tube, bone container covered in resin with shell decoration, vegetable fiber cor
Classification
  • Tube
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nasca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Peru, South coast; Nasca Valley
Materials Bone, Resin, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm (10 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-28-30/4527

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