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Object Number 78-5-30/16765
Display Title Shields (a and b), fibre
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Uaupes
Quantity 2
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Shields (a and b), fibre
78-5-30/16765A Shields (a and b), fibre
Shield
Amazonas
Shields (a and b), fiber
78-5-30/16765B Shields (a and b), fiber
Shield
Amazonas
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Shield
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Shield
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