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cigar
Object Type
cigar
Museum number
Am1952,12.33
Description
Cigar made of tobacco and other leaf.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Ka'apor
Production date
1940s
Production place
Made in:
Brazil (country)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Brazil (country)
Found/Acquired:
Amazon
(South)
Materials
tobacco leaf
leaf
Dimensions
Height:
48.50 centimetres
Width:
2.75 centimetres
Depth:
2.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Register 1952: Tobacco & other leaf cigar. Modern. Urubu tribe ("of Tupí stock"). Sout of the Amazon, Brazil. See author's book "Affable Savages".
Location
Not on display
Subjects
smoking
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Francis Henry Huxley
Acquisition date
1952
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1952,12.33