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Object Number
34-24-10/3764
Display Title
Model harvesting knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Model harvesting knife, a sharpened blade of creosote bush wood, butt end buckskin wrapped, used for cutting off heads of certain wild seed plants
Inventory Description
Tool, unclassified, carved wood, 1 end wrapped in buckskin, other perforated
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Mary Ann Frank
Culture
- Southern Paiute
- Chemehuevi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Nevada
/
Clark County
/
Las Vegas
Materials
Wood, Buckskin
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm (7 11/16 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-24-10/3764 & 99
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(01/01/1933-01/01/1934)
Intermediary
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(01/01/1934-06/01/1934)
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