Root digger handle

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Object Number 15-36-10/86326

Display Title Root digger handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Root digger handle

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1915

Culture

Thompson

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia

Materials Wood, Fiber cord

Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm (7 5/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 86326

Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915

Provenance

Seller James A. Teit (?)

Collector James A. Teit

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