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Paint stick or stamp of wood for making circles in clothes painting, etc.
Paint stick or stamp of wood for making circles in clothes painting, etc.
Object Number 15-36-10/86432
Display Title Paint stick or stamp of wood for making circles in clothes painting, etc.
Descriptions
Object Description Paint stick or stamp of wood for making circles in clothes painting, etc.
Inventory Description Unclassified, carved wood, cylindrical, one end rounded, one end flat and groove
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (4 3/4 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86432
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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