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Object Number 2004.29.8981
Display Title "Copper Man" mummy
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Chile / see over. / (verso) Mummy of prehistoric copper miner / Province of Antofagasta, Chile found 1899 / Segñors Torres and [Tornero] are owners of the Mummy Baskets, bag of skin and hafted stone implements found with body, See photographs
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1901
Culture
  • Chilean
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile
Dimensions Overall: 20.0025 × 25.0826 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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2004.29.8983 Stone implements found with mummy in copper mine
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Stone implements found with mummy in copper mine
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2004.29.12608 Mummy
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2004.29.12612 Mummy
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2004.29.12616 Mummy
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2004.29.12620 Mummy
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2004.29.12619 Mummy
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