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Object Number
10-21-10/76484
Display Title
Doctor's wand
Descriptions
Object Description
Doctor's wand. Stick covered with snake skin.
Inventory Description
Snake skin covered stick, flaking
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Foothill
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
Coarse Gold
Materials
Wood, Snakeskin
Dimensions
Overall: 137 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm (53 15/16 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
76484
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Carroll S. Hartman
(1910 - 1910)
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1910 - 1910)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1910 - 1910)
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