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Object Number 35-123-10/5196
Display Title Head boards--wood
Descriptions
Object Description Head boards--wood
Inventory Description Boards, ovate, 1 end notched, 1 end withrectangular projection, painted cross
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Additional Geographic Terms Passamaquoddy Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 57 x 12.6 x 0.8 cm (22 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 35-123-10/5196
Provenance
Collector Manly Hardy (?)
Donor Paul F. Eckstorm (December 12, 1935)

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