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Wooden trough
Object Number 79-14-20/17641
Display Title Wooden trough
Descriptions
Object Description Trough, wood
Inventory Description Bowl or tray, wooden, ovate, shallow, cracked, patched with metal plates
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / San Luis Potosi
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 28 x 7 cm (19 11/16 x 11 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 79-14-20/17641
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1878)
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer

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