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Ceremonial wooden bird
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Object Number 45-25-10/28780
Display Title Ceremonial wooden bird
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial wooden bird painted white, blue, with traces of black the bird is attached to a small peg.
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood, bird, pigmented, pointed dowel at base, chipped beak
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 x 11.8 x 4.3 cm (2 1/16 x 4 5/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28780/ 3277
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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