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Object Number
34-24-10/3706
Display Title
Block of lava with which vanes of feathers rubbed
Descriptions
Object Description
Block of lava with which vanes of feathers rubbed "so they will stick to the arrow"., part of arrow-making equipment
Inventory Description
Lava fragment, porous, black, rectangular block
Classification
- Lava
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chemehuevi
- Southern Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
La Paz County
/
Parker
Materials
Lava, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm (2 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
34-24-10/3706 & 13 & G
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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Figurine
|
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Ornament
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 27-5-70/D2948 | Lava ball |
Tools
|
Hawaii
| |
| 22-34-10/G1556 | Lava dish |
Bowl
|
Ruin
| |
| 27-5-70/D2955 | Lava balls |
Tools
|
Hawaii
| |
| 40-39-10/19353 | Headdress--felt skull cap to which are attached white, pink & red feathers |
Raw Material
Headdress |
North America
| |
| 96-20-70/48222 | Human figure, in lava |
Sculpture
|
Mekuhira
Hiva Oa | |
|
Image Not Available
for Lava gofio mill
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Tools
|
Guanche Cave
| |
| 27-5-70/D2946 | Lava implement |
Sculpture
|
Hawaii
| |
| 62-7-70/4044 | Feather whisk (?) (sue' lare') - black-brown & red feathers, white fur band on h |
Whisk
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 22-34-10/G395 | Lava mortar |
Mortar
Raw Material |
Pueblo of Laguna
|