Snuff Tube
62-7-23
From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-7-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Bone | Shell | Vegetable Fiber |
| Description | Wooden mouthpiece and bone shaft. Mouthpiece is round and slightly constricted near the middle. A bird bone has been inserted in one end, but is now broken. A small shell pendant is suspended from the tube by a two-strand vegetable fiber string. |
| Length | 9.2 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962 |
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