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Sticks with crooked ends for ball game. One is of alder wood & the other of mountain maplewood
Sticks with crooked ends for ball game. One is of alder wood & the other of mountain maplewood
Object Number 15-36-10/86423
Display Title Sticks with crooked ends for ball game. One is of alder wood & the other of mountain maplewood
Descriptions
Object Description Sticks with crooked ends for ball game One is of alder wood and the other of mountain maplewood.
Inventory Description Sticks, bark removed, curved at one end, one is of alder wood & the other of mountain maplewood
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 97 x 2.2 x 2 cm (38 3/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 15-36-10/86423
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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