Balsa wood log - used in game during balseria ceremony – Objects

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Object Number 48-61-20/18123

Display Title Balsa wood log - used in game during balseria ceremony

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stick, worked on end, cylindrical

Classification

Stick

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Guaymí

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Panama

Additional Geographic Terms Cricamola River

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 154.5 x 10.4 x 7.9 cm (60 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-61-20/18123 & Cricamola RP/ Guagmi Indian/ [illegible information]

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	16-48-20/C7441	Balsa wood stick used in sliek game	Stick	Panama
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	33-56-20/2288	Painted balsa wood charm - used as decoration in the house during fiestas	Ornament	Darien
	33-56-20/2289	Painted balsa wood charm - used as decoration in the house during fiestas	Ornament	Darien
	33-56-20/2286	Painted balsa wood charm - used as decoration in the house during fiestas	Raw Material Ornament	Darien
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	35-25-30/1076	Box made from balsa wood - used as trunk for journeys	Box	Tucano?
	33-56-20/2267	Small figure of balsa wood in form of a fish - used as charms for the house duri	Figurine Raw Material	House of the medicine man, Fidel Goinora

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