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Object Number
53-47-30/7505.4
Display Title
4 Thumping sticks of balsa wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hollowed log with carved projecting element at one end, split lengthwise, designs with pigment at one end and geometric designs near open end, loss from projecting element
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca 1940s-1950s
Culture
- Cubeo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Vaupés
Materials
Balsa wood , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 120 × 11.4 × 10.9 cm (47 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
(53-47-30/7506); 53-47-30/7505.4
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(1953)
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