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Carved animal figure
Object Number 12-29-10/84388
Display Title Carved animal figure
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved ebony, animal form, inlay shell eyes, ring of punctations at ne
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Ebony, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 12-29-10\84388
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1912 - 1912)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1912 - 1912)

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