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Object Number 74-3-30/7903
Display Title "cuia": gourd drinking cup
Descriptions
Object Description "cuia": gourd drinking cup
Inventory Description Organic, floral remain, gourd, cup, oval, incised exterior
Classification
  • Gourd
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Alagoas / <County> / Penedo
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Sao Francisco
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 17.2 x 10 cm (2 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7903
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1874)
Expedition Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt (1874)

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