Nuts found near infant burial

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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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