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Object Number
33-56-20/2272
Display Title
Medicine wand or stick, used by the son of the medicine man while +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wooden wand, anthropomorphic figure on handle, cylindrical body.
Classification
- Wand
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
Darien
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Sambu; Rio Mungadoo, near the mouth of the tributary
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 32.1 x 3.1 x 3.3 cm (12 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-56-20/2272
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