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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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