Bark beater

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Object Number 33-56-20/2276

Display Title Bark beater

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved wooden bark beater, horizontal rasps on surface.

Classification

Raw Material
Textileworking

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: 41.2 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm (16 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 33-56-20/2276; 9.B.

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