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Object Number 12-29-10/84330
Display Title Sinew twister
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved wood, flat, tapering to notched end, wood crosspiece
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San Juan
  • Pueblo?
  • San Juan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 27.8 x 5 x 20.3 cm (10 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 12-29-10/84330
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1912 - 1912)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1912 - 1912)

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