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Object Number 73-9-30/7426
Display Title Lip ornament made of quartz
Descriptions
Inventory Description Large quartz lip ornament, pendulum tip and T-shaped back.
Classification
  • Labret
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Materials Quartz
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 3 x 3 cm (4 13/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7426
Provenance
Expedition Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt (1871 - 1873)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1871 - 1873)

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