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Object Number 15-9-50/B851
Display Title Lava gofio mill
Descriptions
Inventory Description Disk, perforated at center, lava
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / <City> / Guanche Cave
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 41 cm (3 9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B851

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