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Object Number
73-9-30/7412
Display Title
Staff used by mundrucu for carrying mummied head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stick, plain burnished, both ends tapered, 1 slightly flattened
Classification
- Stick
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mundrucû
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Tapajos
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 124 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (48 13/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
7412; Staff used by Mundrucu for carrying / mummied heads; Rio Tapajos / Hartt
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1871 - 1873)
Expedition
Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt
(1871 - 1873)
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