Maracas without handles

Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker

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collected 1970

Gourd

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

170.64.25119

Geography

Place Made: Nalunega island, Panama, Central America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Jorge Iglesias, Nalunega, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.

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