Mineral

27911

From: Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 27911
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru | Pachacamac | Gravefield I, Oldest Part
Culture Area Andean
Locus From a mummy
Section American
Materials Mineral
Description

Said to exist in Chilca; Said to be in use for washing, also, eventually for the chewing of cocoa; but pot was filled with it as was another with raw cotton.

Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 448q - Field No SF

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