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Object Number 74-3-30/7905.1
Display Title Spindle whorl, carved bone
Descriptions
Object Description Spindle whorl, carved bone
Inventory Description Spindle whorl, carved bone, perforated, incised and pigmented decoration 1 side
Classification
  • Spindle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Santarem, near
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 66 x 0.8 cm (2 5/8 x 26 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74-3-30/7905.1 & 7905 & (H2)\ /Modern/ \ Near Santarem
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1874)
Expedition Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt (1874)

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