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Snow snake
Object Number 06-4-10/65746
Display Title Snow snake
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ga-wa-sa (short style)
Object Description Snow snake
Inventory Description Stake, carved wood, 1 end worked to point, tipped with metal, rabbit decoration
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Seneca
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New York / Erie County
Additional Geographic Terms Tonawanda Reservation
Materials Wood, Metal, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 76.9 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (30 1/4 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65746
Provenance
Collector Dr. Mark Raymond Harrington (12/1905 - 1906)

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