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Object Number
33-56-20/2267
Display Title
Small figure of balsa wood in form of a fish - used as charms for the house duri
Descriptions
Object Description
Small figure of balsa wood in form of a fish - used as charms for the house during a fiesta.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden fish, with blue pigment, flat bottom, light wood.
Classification
- Figurine
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
Darien
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
House of the medicine man, Fidel Goinora
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Sambu; Rio Benado, near the mouth of; Rio Sambu, tributary of
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm (11 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-56-20/2267; 3.A.
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