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Object Number 47-2-20/17516
Display Title Needle made from Pejeballe palm
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden needle, perforation at head with twisted fiber string.
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cabecar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm (3 7/8 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-2-20/17516
Provenance
Collector Doris Zemurray Stone
Donor Donated by Doris Zemurray Stone (1947)

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