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Object Number 04-28-10/63500
Display Title Mush stirrer, also used for removing heated stones from mush
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stirrer, stick twisted to create oval opening one end, tied w/ sinnew, loose fib
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Foothill
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Madera County
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 7 x 2 cm (20 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 63500
Provenance
Collector Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber (1904)
Intermediary Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904 - 1904)

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