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Gourd pepper boxes
Object Number 75-20-30/8395
Display Title Gourd pepper boxes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gourds, spherical withthin broken necks, plain, stopped withorganic matter
Classification
  • Gourd
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile / Tarapaca / Tamarugal / Pisagua
Materials Gourd, Organic material
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 5 x 5 cm (3 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 8395.

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