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Object Number 67-10-30/2935
Display Title Lower jaw of the pinai (serrasalmo pinaya)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone with teeth, left half of fish mandible
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
Additional Geographic Terms Guyana
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm (1 3/4 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2935
Provenance
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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