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Object Number 79-14-20/17770
Display Title Cocoa stirrer, wood
Descriptions
Object Description Cocoa stirrer, wood
Inventory Description Carved wooden cocoa stirrer, with 2 separate wooden discs, incised head.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico / Tierra Caliente
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 4 x 4.1 cm (10 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17770
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1878)
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (1878)

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