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Object Number
89-39-30/54388
Display Title
Ceramic tangas with polychrome designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic, tangas womens pubic cover, polychrome designs, one perforation at bottom, curved, broken in half with mending
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Para
/
Marajo Island
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 5.6 x 9.7 x 0.6 cm (2 3/16 x 3 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54388
Provenance
Collector
Herbert H. Smith
(1887)
Seller
Stephen Salisbury Jr.
(1889)
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