FMNH 243691.1

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Archaeology | 16-34 | Provenience: Culebra, Cunucunuma R., Upper Orinoco, Venezuela | People or Culture: Maquiritare | Object: Pair of ear tubes | Description: Two bamboo (cerbatana) ear plugs. One end of each is smoothed having been cut off at the node. They are to be inserted in an opening in the ear lobe. | Dimensions: (in cm) 9 1/2 ins. long | Collection: Collected by Paul H. Nesbitt, 1950. Purchase. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 243691 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2460 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION]
Catalog Number: 243691.1
Description: ear tube
Materials: bamboo
Cultural Attribution: Maquiritare
Locality: South America, Venezuela, Amazonas, Culebra village, Culebra village
Accession Number: [2460] P. H. Nesbitt (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1951
Country: Venezuela
Province/State: Amazonas
District/County: Cunucunuma River
City/Town: Culebra village
Collector/Source: Paul H. Nesbitt, Paul H. Nesbitt
EMu IRN: 1391360
GUID: c4cf2151-43fc-4cef-919a-5fd8a2413083

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