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Object Number 15-36-10/86434
Display Title Paint stick for making three parallel lines.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Paint stick, carved wood, fork-shaped, 3 flat tines, narrow handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 11.2 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (4 7/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86434
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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