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Object Number 27-5-70/D2910.1
Display Title Back-scratchers or massage sticks
Descriptions
Object Description Shaped wooden stick with curved top - probably used as 'laao lomi lomi' or massage stick
Inventory Description Stick, carved shaft, burnt end, bent and tapered top
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm (19 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2910.1

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