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Object Number 08-4-10/72806
Display Title Counting sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Modified sticks, stripped of bark, incised
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cheyenne?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (8 3/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 72806
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (06/1908)

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