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Root digger of service berry wood with handle of birch wood.
Root digger of service berry wood with handle of birch wood.
Object Number 15-36-10/86329
Display Title Root digger of service berry wood with handle of birch wood.
Descriptions
Object Description Root digger of service berry wood. Handle of birch wood.
Inventory Description Root digger, tapering ends, notched with red pigment decorations, socketed handle
Classification
  • Agricultural
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood Paint
Dimensions Overall: 71 x 3 x 2.4 cm (27 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 15-36-10/86329
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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