Object Details
Culture
Valdivia Phase II (Ecuador)
Date
2700-2300 BC
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
1 7/8 × 5/8 inches (4.8 × 1.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Carroll, PhD 1951
Object
Number
2008.070.026
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