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Walking stick of fir wood. Handle carved to represent the head of a crane.
Walking stick of fir wood. Handle carved to represent the head of a crane.
Object Number 15-36-10/86337
Display Title Walking stick of fir wood. Handle carved to represent the head of a crane.
Descriptions
Object Description Walking stick of fir wood. Handle carved to represent the head of a crane.
Inventory Description Wooden walking stick, carved and incised animal head at one end, bark removed
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 85 x 13.1 x 2.3 cm (33 7/16 x 5 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86337
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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