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Corn husker
Object Number 80-28-20/22861
Display Title Corn husker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden implement, pointed tip, 2 rectangular slits on other end.
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Coahuila
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Coahuila / <County> / <City> / Near caves
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (8 11/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22.861

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