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Kauila Sticks
Object Number 27-5-70/D2907.1
Display Title Kauila Sticks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, dark brown wood, club-shaped, elongated oval head, tapered cylindrical handle
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 45.4 × 8.5 × 9 cm (17 7/8 × 3 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2907.1
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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