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Object Number 83-24-20/26505
Display Title Shell lip plug
Descriptions
Object Description Shell lip plug
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
Additional Geographic Terms Cemetary Island; Progresso Junction, near

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