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Skin drying stick
Object Number 29-19-10/98441
Display Title Skin drying stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, triangular pointed at one end, flared rectangular one end, burnt, cracked
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cherokee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Carolina / Swain County
North America / United States / North Carolina / Jackson County
Additional Geographic Terms Cherokee Reservation; Big Cove Community
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 119.8 x 8.8 x 2.2 cm (47 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 29-19-10/98441
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1929 - 1929)

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