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Object Number 08-17-10/73431
Display Title Counting sticks for ball play
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sticks, pointed, bark remaining
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina
Additional Geographic Terms Qualla Reservation
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (8 3/4 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 73431
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (1907-1908 - 1908)
Donor Unknown (1908)

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