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Object Number 48-40-30/7009

Display Title Silver figurine (au'kafe wentru amento) - imitates kind of wooden +

Descriptions

Indigenous Term au'kafe wentru amento

Object Description Silver figurine (au'kafe wentru amento) - imitates kind of wooden statue formerly erected by grave of a warrior; worn by women who desired male offspring

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Araucan
Mapuche

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Chile

Additional Geographic Terms Cholchol, vicinity of

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