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Object Number
78-5-30/16786
Display Title
Mortar, wooden
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Mortar, cylindrical, partially hollow, cracked
Classification
- Mortar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Amazonas
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 67.5 x 22.6 x 22.5 cm (26 9/16 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16786 & MCZ Cambridge Mass & La
Provenance
Collector
Hassler Expedition
(1878)
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
(1878)
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1878)
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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Turbat
| |
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