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Sample, food (tamale)
Sample, food (tamale)
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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