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Object Number 42-4-20/14365
Display Title Carved gourd rattle - painted black, green & purple, animal head design
Descriptions
Object Description Carved gourd rattle - painted black, green & purple, animal head design. Rattle, gourd
Inventory Description Percussion, rattle, gourd, painted black, polished, incised animal head design
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Baja Verapaz / <County> / Rabinal
Additional Geographic Terms Rabinal Region
Materials Gourd, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 8 x 6.7 cm (6 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 42-4-20/14365

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