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Object Number 04-28-10/64042
Display Title Mush stirrer
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mush stirrer, 2 twisted sticks with circular opening one end, tied with fiber
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Foothill
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Madera County
Additional Geographic Terms Coure Gold, near
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 90 x 13 x 3 cm (35 7/16 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64042
Provenance
Collector Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber (1904 - 1904)
Intermediary Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904 - 1904)

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