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Object Number
34-24-10/3698
Display Title
Spoons of shell of desert tortoise
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spoons, tortoise shell, one highly worn
Classification
- Spoon
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Joe Brown
Culture
- Chemehuevi
- Southern Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
La Paz County
/
Parker
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 15.3 x 11.4 x 0.3 cm (6 x 4 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
34-24-10/3698 & 8a & 8b
Provenance
Owner
Joe Brown
(01/01/1933-01/01/1934)
Collector
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(01/01/1933-01/01/1934)
Intermediary
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly
(02/01/1934-06/01/1934)
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