
Object Details
Culture
South America
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
2 3/4 × 1 15/16 × 9/16 inches (7 × 5 × 1.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Object
Number
2006.070.196
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