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Beater, carved wood, triangular serrated blade, round smooth handle w/ triangular serrated end, cracked
Beater, carved wood, triangular serrated blade, round smooth handle w/ triangular serrated end, cracked
Object Number 15-36-10/86408
Display Title Beater, carved wood, triangular serrated blade, round smooth handle w/ triangular serrated end, cracked
Descriptions
Object Description Time beater of mountain maple wood. The top is carved to represent a coyote's head.
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, triangular serrated blade, round smooth handle w/ triangular serrated end, cracked
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 50.9 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm (20 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86408
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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