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Mush stick
Object Number 09-8-10/74843
Display Title Mush stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, looped, rounded at one end
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yokut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 8 x 2.5 cm (19 11/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74843
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1909 - 1909)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1909 - 1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909 - 1909)

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