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Object Number
33-56-20/2327
Display Title
Big piece of balsa wood formed as the two parts of a big snake
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wooden sculpture, carved snake head, square, perforated, brown designs
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chocó
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
Darien
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Sambu; Rio Opagado, south of the mouth of
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 159 x 8 x 9 cm (62 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-56-20/2327 & 9.F.
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