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Object Number 40-79-10/22584
Display Title Small paint mortar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Taos
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Taos County / <City> / Pueblo of Taos
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 8 x 3.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-79-10/22584/ 16/1555
Provenance
Collector Capt. John G. Bourke (1869-1880)
Donor Mrs. Sarah Bourke James (1940)

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