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Sluice boxes made out of dug-out canoes
Sluice boxes made out of dug-out canoes
Object Number 2004.24.14867
Display Title Sluice boxes made out of dug-out canoes
Descriptions
Object Description Sluice boxes made out of dug-out canoes. Ecuador: Vicinity of Rio Bobonaza and Rio Pastaza.
Subject
  • Dugout
  • Box
  • Ethnographic
  • Canoe
  • Sluice
Department Photographic
Date 1906-1911
Artist William Bell Taylor
Culture
  • Shuar
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Additional Geographic Terms Napo-Pastaza; Rio Bobonaza; Rio Pastaza
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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