Delicer
34-31-40
From: Venezuela | State Of Apure | Lower Rio Capanaparo
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 34-31-40 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yaruros |
| Provenience | Venezuela | State Of Apure | Lower Rio Capanaparo |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Carved end used as comb to search for lice; pointed end used to crush mosquito bite blisters. Carving done by men, but the tools is used by the women. |
| Length | 14.5 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | University Museum / Columbia University Venezuelan Expedition; Vincenzo Petrullo, 1934 |
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