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Object Number 2004.29.5293
Display Title Ceremonial stick, abalone inlaid white blade in end
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ceremonial stick abalone inlaid white blade in end. Very fine, old & rare. specimen from Mesa Grande, San Diegola Cal. (Luisano) Shoshonean."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Ceremony
Subject
  • Ceremonial
  • Stick
Department Photographic
Date 1900-1910
Culture
  • Luiseño
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Mesa Grande
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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