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Object Number
17-17-10/87078
Display Title
Digging stick of yew wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Digging stick, ridged and pointed blade, rounded handle shaft
Classification
- Agricultural
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kwakiutl Village
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 137 x 11.8 x 4 cm (53 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87078
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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