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Object Number 40-98-10/22760
Display Title Sample of salt wrapped in corn husk
Descriptions
Object Description Sample of salt wrapped in corn husk
Inventory Description Salt sample, wrapped in corn husk secured withvegetable fiber
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Third Mesa / Oraibi
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm (3 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-98-10/22760
Provenance
Collector George Devereux (1932)
Donor George Devereux (December 16, 1940)

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