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Object Number
79-14-20/17646
Display Title
Sample, food (tamale)
Descriptions
Object Description
Sample, food (tamale)
Inventory Description
Tamales, baked food wrapped in corn husks, with loose fragments in bag.
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
San Luis Potosi
Materials
Corn husk, Processed food
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3 x 9.6 x 3.6 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
3 and a bag of fragments
Label on object
17.646; Poison
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, E. Palmber, Director, 1878-1879.
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1878)
Collector
Dr. Edward Palmer
(1878)
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