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Peru
Figural bead or amulet
Peru, 1500-1530
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Peru
Figural bead or amulet
Peru, 1500-1530
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Bone, 1/2 in. (1.3 cm.)
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Bequest of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1960.30.105d
Molar-shaped
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Peru
2000–2000
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