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Object Number 61-7-30/8232
Display Title Log racing water gourd with cord handle
Descriptions
Object Description Log racing water gourd with cord handle
Inventory Description Bottle, gourd with hole at top enclosed in fiber net with hanger
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 15 cm (9 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8232
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1957 - 1961)
Expedition University of Wisconsin (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Institute of Andean Research (1957 - 1961)

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