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Wooden tray
Object Number 08-17-10/73425
Display Title Wooden tray
Descriptions
Indigenous Term suk tin
Inventory Description Bowl, oblong trough carved from single piece of wood, perforations in ends
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Qualla Reservation
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 58.8 x 36.3 cm (3 3/4 x 23 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73425
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Collector Peter Knottyton
Donor Unknown (1908)

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