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Place of Origin: Puerto Rican
African Black Stone Palette Dish Bowl Ashtray Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Native carved blackened stone artifact, weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. Age is unknown, estate purchase.
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15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Puerto Rican Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
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