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Taino

Snuffing device

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Object Details

Culture

Taino

Date

1200–1500 CE

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

4 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 inches (10.2 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Connie and Lee Koppelman

Object
Number

95.026.015

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Coconut grater

Tanzanian

Rectangular goldweight decorated with smaller, notched rectangle on face

West Africa, Akan peoples, Ashanti group

Mask

New Guinea, Sepik River

Rectangular goldweight with central “asterisk” motif, and two borders of repeated lines

West Africa, Akan peoples, Ashanti group

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