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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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