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Object Number 79-14-20/17539
Display Title Corn husker of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone, worked to point and flat, perforated, polished
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Huaxtico
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Guerrero / <County> / <City> / Buena Vista
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.4 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm (6 7/8 x 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17.539
Provenance
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer
Collector Peabody Museum Expedition (1878)

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