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The two containers in the shape of the fruit of the calabash tree illustrated here and composed of two parts, one of which serves as a lid, were apparently carried suspended from a string.  
 
   
 
Containers with lid
Tumbaga
0 - A.D. 600
Puerto Nare, Antioquia
29,3 x 13,4 cm
21,4 x 10,5 cm
   
 
    
 

 

 
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