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Object Number 34-81-20/3567
Display Title Horn drinking cup
Descriptions
Inventory Description Container, worked horn, wider end with wood plugged base, tapered end trimmed
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yaqui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Sonora
Materials Horn, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 6 x 6 cm (6 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-81-20/3567 & Y69
Provenance
Collector Dr. Carl C. Seltzer (01/01/1934-05/07/1934)

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