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1925.55.9

Bone awl for taking out burrowing sand fleas.

1925.55.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bone awl for taking out burrowing sand fleas.
Geographical reference
Paraguay
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Paraguay
Gran Chaco Rio Pilcomayo
Cultural groups
Chorote Iyo'wujwa
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
By 1925
Acquisition information
Exchanged: 1925
Materials and processes
Material Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 178 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.55.9

Search terms: Toilet, Medicine, Tool, Surgical Instrument, Awl, Toilet Article

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