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Gauge for making nets
Object Number 34-114-10/3964
Display Title Gauge for making nets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shuttle, carved wood, flat, rectangular, vegetable fiber cord attaches it to 34-
Classification
  • Shuttle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northern Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nevada
Additional Geographic Terms Pyramid Lake
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 3.8 x 1.1 cm (7 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-114-10/3964
Provenance
Collector Willard Zerbe Park (07/09/1934-09/07/1934)
Intermediary Willard Zerbe Park (08/23/1934-12/14/1934)

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