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Image Not Available for Root of Wild Duck (to tan buckskin)
Root of Wild Duck (to tan buckskin)
Image Not Available for Root of Wild Duck (to tan buckskin)
Object Number 77-23-10/11449
Display Title Root of Wild Duck (to tan buckskin)
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Utah
Provenance
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (01/01/1877-04/01/1877)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (04/01/1877)
Expedition Dr. Edward Palmer (04/01/1877)

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Hat
British Columbia
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Collar
Siberia
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Food processing
Northwest Territories
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Floral
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Root
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Faunal Remain
Syria
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Brush
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Bag
Canada
United States
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Root
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