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Object Number 56-28-20/19786
Display Title Shoulder yoke or carrying pole
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carrying pole, tapered to pointed barbed ends, slightly curved
Classification
  • Pole
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Seri
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Sonora
Central America / Mexico / Tabasco
Additional Geographic Terms Oh-nah camp
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 104.9 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm (41 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-28-20/19786

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