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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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