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Two wrapped tubes containing drugs? vegetable fiber leaves
Two wrapped tubes containing drugs? vegetable fiber leaves
Object Number 992-27-30/11614G
Display Title Two wrapped tubes containing drugs? vegetable fiber leaves
Descriptions
Object Description Two wrapped tubes containing drugs? vegetable fiber leaves.
Inventory Description 2 Rolled fiber tubes, filled with organic material, fiber ties, 1 end burned
Classification
  • Accessory
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Materials Fiber, Vegetable fiber, Leaf, Organic material
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm (2 x 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 992-27-30/11614G
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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