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Object Number 10-71-20/C6754
Display Title Ceremonial wand
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, wood staff, human effigy figure at top, gold sheet over face, inlay rem
Classification
  • Wood
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza
Intrasite Sacred Cenote
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 4.8 x 5.5 cm (12 3/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 10-71-20/C6754
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1907-1910)
Collector Edward Herbert Thompson (1907-1910)

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