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Object Number 33-56-20/2280
Display Title Calabash vessel for chicha, drinking water, and general food
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, gourd, halved, carved purple animals on ext, purple anim, humans on int
Classification
  • Bowl
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 Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 9.7 x 18.7 cm (3 13/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-56-20/2280
Provenance
Collector Arne Arbin (1933)
Seller Arne Arbin (07/25/1933)

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