Root digger

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Object Number 05-7-10/65498

Display Title Root digger

Descriptions

Inventory Description Tool, sharpened end, cylindrical shaft, knobbed handle, chipped

Classification

Agricultural

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Puget Sound Salish

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 107 x 4.4 x 5.2 cm (42 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 05-7-10/65498

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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