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Object Number 2004.24.15816
Display Title Indian manner of bloodletting
Descriptions
Object Description Indians manner of bloodletting. Panama, Darien. Taken by F.P. Orchard. From Wafer, Lionel, A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Cleveland, 1903, facing p. 54. Fig: Memoirs, vol. VII, fig. 15, p. 28.
Subject
  • Indian
  • Bloodletting
  • Illustration
  • Drawing
  • Process
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Darien
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 8.89 cm (5 x 3 1/2 in.)

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