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Object Number 15-9-50/B859
Display Title Nuts found near infant burial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bag of dried nuts or berries, brown, wrinkled, 1 sm. spiralled shell mixed in
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / <City> / Guanche Cave
Materials Nut, Berry
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 8.9 x 1.3 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-9-50/B859

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