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	Catalog #	Name	Description
51	ED2019-69	Currency	Venezuelan 100 bolívar fuerte, produced in 2015.
52	ED2019-70	Castanet	A and B - pair of red castanets with handles. Popular in music throughout Southern Europe such as Spain, Greece, and Italy.
53	ED2019-71	Candle	Votive candle lit for prayer intentions. Sacred Heart of Jesus
54	ED2019-72	Drum, Bongo	A bongo drum with images of cartoon people from various cultures wrapping around the body. Bongo drums traditionally appear in Latin American and Cuban music.
55	ED2019-73	Drum, Conga	A child-sized conga drum with brightly-colored images of wildlife around the body. Conga drums typically appear in Latin American or Afro-Cuban music.
56	ED2019-79	Clave	Wooden percussion instruments that are popular in Latin American (namely, Cuban or Afro Cuban) music. They are played by holding one in each hand and hitting them together to create a beat.
57	ED2019-81	Rattle	Four egg-shaped rattles, blue (A), yellow (B), red (C), and green (D). Egg shakers originate in Latin America and are similar to instruments such as the maraca or the ganzá.
58	ED2019-82	Top, Trompos	A spinning top toy that is played by unraveling the string to make it spin. This particular top is a called a trompos and is popular in Latin America, namely Mexico.
59	ED2019-83	Candle	Our Lady of Guadalupe. Votive candle lit for prayer intentions.
60	ED2020-6	Guiro	Guiro instrument (A) and striker (B). Percussion instrument used in Latin America played by running the striker along the ridges.
61	ED2021-163	Poncho	A cream-colored poncho with teal and black accent colors, likely from Latin America. Around the edge of the poncho is fringe, and the accent colors seem to make a pattern of various animals and designs around the body of the garment.
62	ED2021-164	Vest	A brown vest with cream and brown accent colors, likely from Latin America. Features of this vest include a collar around the neckline, strings with tassels near the opening to tie the garment together, two front pockets, and fringe around the bottom edge.
63	ED2021-166	Carving	A carving from Latin America made of a dark colored wood. The bottom of the carving is of a face and the hair stretches over the top of the head in two strands and meets together above the head to form an oval shape. Around the top of the head is a band with a triangular pattern. The back of the carving and the face is smooth while the hair is textured.
64	ED2021-18	Pillowcase	Woven decorative pillow case with a slit in the back, button closure. Geometric designs on the top and bottom, center panel with four llamas. Tassles at each corner. Brown, white, and black.
65	ED2021-181	Booklet, Prayer	Oracion a la Virgen de Guadalupe. Booklet containing a prayer to the Virgin Guadalupe in spanish.
66	ED2021-35	Press, Tortilla	Wooden tortilla press made of three hinged pieces
67	ED2021-56	Pendant	A large, metal pendant which resembles a tumi, a knife used for ceremonial purposes in ancient Bolivian and Peruvian civilizations. The pendant consists of a carved, half-circle blade (not sharp) on the bottom and an image of Naylamp, a water god, on the top. It is stored inside of a small, cardboard box with a blue "Smythson" stick on top, along with object ED2021-55.
68	ED2021-64	Quipu Knots	A set of replica quipu knots made with white, blue, and yellow threads. The person who created this example modeled various types of knots used by the Inca to record information. Also with the quipu is a 2-page packet of instructions explaining the various knots and how to make one with modern-day materials.
69	ED2021-74	Bowl	Round, wooden bowl colored with different stripes (tan, light brown, dark brown). The opening is 24 cm across. Possibly from Costa Rica as on the bottom it says "₡85.00" on the bottom, indicating it was purchased for 85 cólones.