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Object Number 08-17-10/73422
Display Title Pottery polishing stone
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ke la tin
Inventory Description Polishing stone, rounded, smooth
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Qualla Reservation
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73422
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Donor Unknown (1908)

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