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Object Number 33-56-20/2288
Display Title Painted balsa wood charm - used as decoration in the house during fiestas
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden ornament, cross-shaped, painted brown and yellow geo. design.
Classification
  • Ornament
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, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 60.5 x 7 x 1.7 cm (23 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-56-20/2288

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