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Object Number 33-56-20/2282
Display Title Boat of balsa wood with six figures of balsa
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, boat, brown stain birds on hull, humans, rifles, swords, mast, bound sl
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Darien
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Sambu; Rio Goina, near the mouth of the tributary
Materials Wood, Thorn
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 x 14.5 x 7.2 cm (14 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 28
Label on object 33-56-20/2282 & 4.D., 11.C., 4, 9.A., 8, F8R

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