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Wooden masher
Object Number 05-7-10/65528
Display Title Wooden masher
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden masher. Used to make tobacco.
Inventory Description Wooden muller?, conical with perpendicular handle top, cracked
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Aleut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 7 x 6.8 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65528
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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