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Object Number
72-23-30/6633
Display Title
Ceramic tangas with polychrome designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic, tangas womens pubic cover, ornament, curved, triangular, three perforations total, one perforation at each point, brown on white painted fine-line geometric and linear design on one side, opposite side plain white, mended, fragments missing
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
<State>
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Pacoval Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Pacoval Island (mound)
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 12.9 x 14.9 x 0.7 cm (5 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72-23-30/6633; 25-6.5; [illegible] 10 [written on adhered paper]; Paco.
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, C. F. Hartt, Director, 1871-1872.
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Charles Frederick Hartt
(1871)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1871)
Collector
Orville Adalbert Derby
(1871)
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