Mummified body, Peruvian, 800-1400

Made:: 800-1400 in Peru

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A113175

Materials:: flesh and bone

type:: human remains and mummies

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Mummified body, Peruvian, 800-1400

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