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Object Number 01-41-20/C2996
Display Title Seed pods - natural rasps
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seed pods, 2 bound with fiber string, 2 open with loose sheets of inner material
Classification
  • Seed
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / Ticul
Materials Seed pod
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 5.9 x 4 cm (7 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 6 pods and 1 bag of inner material
Label on object C\2996

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