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Object Number 61-7-30/8235
Display Title Mummer's food spearing stick - ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified, carved wood, tapered at one end, ridged at other and wrapped with
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 1 x 0.8 cm (14 3/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8235

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