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Object Number 2004.24.31971
Display Title Trumpet shell
Descriptions
Object Description Trumpet shell, Oaxaca
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Music and Sound Communication
Subject
  • trumpet
Department Photographic
Date 1988
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Zapotec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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