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Object Number 01-41-20/C2985
Display Title Keuel & leather smoother
Descriptions
Object Description Pot smoother, leather
Inventory Description Piece of leather, rectangular, folded, wrinked, with clay residue
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maya
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / Ticul
Materials Leather
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 6.7 x 0.7 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C\2985

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