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Meal Brush
Object Number 04-10-10/64664
Display Title Meal Brush
Descriptions
Object Description Meal brush for brushing dried acorn mush from cooking or serving bowls.
Inventory Description Brush, vegetable fiber bristles, folded, cloth-covered handle, threaded w/ strin
Classification
  • Brush
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Fiber, Cotton fabric
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 8.3 x 2.7 cm (6 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64664
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1904 - 1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904 - 1904)

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