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Object Number 24-39-20/F433.1
Display Title Wooden mortar and pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, flared at both ends
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama
Additional Geographic Terms San Blas, 120 mi. east of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 86 x 10.7 cm (33 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 24-39-20/F433.1

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