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Baton
Object Number 08-4-10/72942
Display Title Baton
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood baton, carved zoomorphic figures, end pitted
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34.1 x 4 x 3.9 cm (13 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72942 & 72942 & 25
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (June, 1908)

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