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Pole game
Object Number 05-34-10/65406
Display Title Pole game
Descriptions
Object Description Pole game
Inventory Description Game, 2 long carved wooden sticks with attached leather straps, 3 rings wrapped
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms Southwest
Materials Wood, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 21 x 3.8 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 65406
Provenance
Collector Fred Harvey (1904)
Intermediary Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1904)

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