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Object Number 08-17-10/73420
Display Title Pottery paddle with check stamp design. Also has linear stamp design
Descriptions
Indigenous Term gun sta tin
Object Description Pottery paddle with check stamp design. Also has linear stamp design
Inventory Description Tool, paddle, carved wood, handle, flat rectangular head, raised pattern
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Qualla Reservation
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 81.28 x 21.59 x 3.81 cm (32 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Previous owner Previously owned by James Katalsta
Donor Unknown (1908)

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