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Object Number 06-60-20/C3944
Display Title Tally sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tools, wooden stick, notched and incised, some squared
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (16 9/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object C\3944 & Jose & Francito & Leandro
Provenance
Collector Edward Herbert Thompson (1906)
Donor Donated by Edward Herbert Thompson (1906)

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