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Object Number
27-5-70/D2911
Display Title
Back-scratcher
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Laau lomilomi
Object Description
Shaped wooden stick with curved 'cane-uke' top - probably used as a massage stick
Inventory Description
Stick, crooked with flattened tip, adz handle?
Classification
- Stick
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 63 x 23.8 x 6.2 cm (24 13/16 x 9 3/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-2911; YT- / ##Z
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-5-70/D2910 | Back-scratchers |
Stick
|
Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2910.1 | Back-scratchers or massage sticks |
Stick
|
Hawaii
| |
| 85-7-70/37599 | Massage stick |
Tools
|
Hawaii
| |
| 05-19-10/65065 | Back scratcher |
Unclassified
|
Sarnia Reservation
| |
| 20-33-40/D1606.1 | Back scratchers ? |
Paddle
|
Bosnia?
| |
| 20-33-40/D1606.2 | Back scratchers ? |
Paddle
|
Bosnia?
| |
| 34-125-50/315 | Soudanese head scratcher, worn in the long hair of the "fuzzy-wuzzies" |
Ornament
|
Port Sudan
| |
| 35-78-10/5004 | Head scratcher, used at time of child birth and during menstrual observances. |
Tools
|
California
| |
| 20-33-40/D1606 | Back scratchers ? |
Paddle
|
Bosnia?
| |
| 88-51-10/50250 | Wooden back scratcher |
Accessory
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 14-12-50/85511 | Throwing stick, "turumbas" |
Stick
|
Sudan
| |
| 48-17-30/7126.1 | Lance - wooden handle and cane head (ukukufa) |
Stick
|
Colombia
|